[Jaded]

It's certainly a day for surprises.

At the beginning of this war, I was not sure it was the right thing for the US to do. In true FR spirit, I got two books Saddam: King of Terror by Con Coughlin and Rebuilding Babylon by idontremember. After reading both books, the only questions I had were: why was a single Iraq carved out of Persia instead of three separate countries and more importantly why wasn't he removed from power in 1991. One out of two is better than nothing.

[Mojave Mark]

God bless our troops who handed Saddam over to us. Hoo-ah!

[yoe]

This is an excellent article (The Sept. 11 terror attack on the U.S. focused attention on Saddam as a sponsor of terrorism. His refusal to meet U.N. demands for full disclosure of his illegal weapons program provided a justification for war. ) surprisingly, some real journalism here.

[Prost1]

I know the answer to your question, however, it takes many, many pages to respond.

I suggest reading the history of the Sumerians and then proceeding with the history of the middle east from the time of the heretic until present times. Please note: Sumeria was spelled as Schumeria or Schumer, as in Senator Schumer.

I think there is a link.

Regards.