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Scott Ritter former UN Weapons Inspector Critiques "War on Terror" |
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by Danielle Chynoweth
Email: imc-newsroom (nospam) ucimc.org (unverified!)
Phone: 344-8820 |
01 Apr 2002
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Admidst recent hawkish cries from Washington to expand the War on Terrorism to an attack on Iraq, fomer UN Weapons Inspector, Scott Ritter offers a candid, critical, perspective of US Foreign Policy and the "War on Terrorism." Audio: 3 minute segment (full speech is also online) (article 1) |
 soundbites.mp3 (1396 k) Admidst recent hawkish cries from Washington to expand the War on Terrorism to an attack on Iraq, fomer UN Weapons Inspector, Scott Ritter offers a candid, critical, perspective of US Foreign Policy and the "War on Terrorism." Audio: 3 minute segment (full speech is also online) (article 1) |
On April 29th, Scott Ritter, former Major in the US Marines and former chief UN Weapons Inspector in Iraq, spoke to a packed house at the University YMCA on UI campus. In 1998 Ritter resigned in frustration from his position as head of a UN weapons inspection team which was given the task of seeking out and dismantling all of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
The UN's plan was to eradicate these weapons and then lift the economic sanctions against Iraq. Shortly after Ritter resigned, the US and Britain initiated a bombing campaign of Iraq using intelligence gained during the inspections which signaled the end of the weapons inspections and curtailed the plan to lift sanctions. Economic sanctions have been in place for 12 years, since the US lead war against Iraq began. The sanctions are responsible for the death of 1.4 million Iraqis, nearly one tenth of the original population of Iraq.
Admidst recent hawkish cries from Washington to expand the War on Terrorism to an attack on Iraq, Ritter offered a candid, critical, perspective of US Foreign Policy and the "War on Terrorism." |
