O.K. ... do the research. This information is everywhere... Mainstream Conservative sources, liberal sources, alternative sources - choose your favorite brand- I dont care. There's really no legitamate debate on the issue except among those people who agree or dissagree with the policy of arming otherwise non-threatning states. Some justify the policy by saying the enemy of our enemy is our friend. (remember what hapened with Al Qaeda).
But sadly, it seems that we have merely armed these organizatins and states to the extent that has turned them into enough of a power to allow them to threaten us.
Thus, Bill Hicks' joke... of course we knew they had weapons... we checked the receipt. -
With the Guardian Unlimited story included:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/...html?gusrc=rss
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,73292,00.html
http://www.sfbg.com/News/32/21/Features/iraq.html
http://foi.missouri.edu/terrorbkgd/following.html
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/nigh...y_1_020917.html
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/index.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/stor...1678220,00.html
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/51/220.html
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/03/16/P...lt_its_we.shtml