On 11 Aug 2004 20:47:10 -0700, (Thelasian) wrote:

Peter Kemp wrote in message . ..
On 10 Aug 2004 09:22:47 -0700, (Thelasian) wrote:

Don't forget the rest of the Security Council who voted fo rthe
sanctions regime.

Not quite. The "no fly zones" for example were never approved by the
UNSC, and were only enforced by the UK and US. The rest of the UNSC
didn't say or do anything about it though.

Err, the No Fly Zones had bugger all to do with the sanctions, which
*were* approved by the UNSC.

The NFZs were to prevent (or at least hinder) Saddam massacring the
Kurds and Shiites, unfortunately with little success.

Just about all teh major Western Powers - US political support,
Russian and French weapons, no doubt us Evil Brits (tm) had some hand
in it as well.


Oh they most certainly did - check out the Scott Inquiry.

Good point, I'd forgotten about "Supergun"

Peter Kemp