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   From: alohacyberian@att.net   
      
   "nobody"  wrote in message   
   news:4002006C.55E774EA@nobody.com...   
   > Go Fig wrote:   
   >   
   > That is where   
   > the UN failed. It shoudl have found a way to stop the USA from illegally   
   > invading Iraq, or at the very least, institude sanctions against the USA   
   the   
   > day it bagan its invasion.   
   >   
      
   Absolute rubbish. You flatly don't know what you're talking about and   
   obviously have never bothered to read the resolutions regarding Iraq. The   
   United Nations had long since passed enforceable resolutions allowing for the   
   invasion of Iraq and none of those resolutions have ever been rescinded to   
   this day. KM   
      
   "However, the US *did* have a UN mandate to invade Iraq.   
      
   "The UN mandate was resolution 687, combined with the Safwan Accords. Go read   
   them.  Pay attention to section C (points 7-14) and section H (point 32).   
      
   "I hadn't read point 32 myself until now.  Interestingly enough, that makes   
   the Ansar al-Islam camp in Iraq a violation of resolution 687.  At the very   
   least, Saddam could have condemned the presence of this camp in his country,   
   but he never did.  This point actually required that he go further then mere   
   condemnation, however, and that he actually take action against the camp.  Oh   
   well, just Yet Another Violation of the UN by Saddam.   
      
   "The US was 'allowed' to invade because UN resolution 678, point 2, allows   
   for the use of 'all necessary means to uphold and implement resolution 660   
   (1990) and all subsequent relevant resolutions and to restore international   
   peace and security in the area'.   
      
   "687 was a resolution subsequent to 678.  Hell, 1440 was such a resolution as   
   well.  The UN authorized the use of force against Iraq a long time ago, and   
   never rescinded it.  The invasion was completely and utterly authorized by   
   the UN as provided by their own resolutions.  If they didn't like it, some   
   country of another could have at the very least introduced a bill to rescind   
   this authorization.   
      
   "Nobody did.   
      
   "Guess they weren't nearly as opposed to it as some would have us believe..."   
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