Excerpt from Robert Fisk (London Independent) article(2/15/03)

"The men driving Bush to war are mostly former or still active pro-Israeli

lobbyists. For years, they have advocated destroying the most powerful Arab

nation. Richard Perle, one of Bush's most influential advisers, Douglas

Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, John Bolton and Donald Rumsfeld were all campaigning

for the overthrow of Iraq long before George W Bush was elected--if he was

elected--US President. And they weren't doing so for the benefit of

Americans or Britons. A 1996 report, A Clean Break: A New Strategy for

Securing the Realm ( http://www.israeleconomy.org/strat1.htm ) called for

war on Iraq. It was written not for the US but for the incoming Israeli

Likud prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and produced by a group headed

by--yes, Richard Perle. The destruction of Iraq will, of course, protect

Israel's monopoly of nuclear weapons and allow it to defeat the Palestinians

and impose whatever colonial settlement Sharon has in store."

Complete article by Robert Fisk

http://www.counterpunch.com/fisk02152003.html

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