GUNPOWDER OUT OF WHEAT

Malcom Lagauche
When the Gulf War ended in March 1991, there was still one prize that eluded the U.S.: Saddam Hussein. However, Bush I was not worried. He thought Saddam would be gone soon and that a military coup would replace him and cooperate with the U.S. The C.I.A. and other agencies gave Saddam Hussein six months to remain in power. The simultaneous uprising of the Kurds and the Shia was the first ploy in getting rid of Saddam and creating a new U.S. stooge government. At first, the plan seemed to be working. The insurgent groups controlled 16 of 18 Iraqi provinces. Then, the Iraqi army began to dominate and the uprisings were done. Saddam was still in power. The next step was to come up with dirty tricks to allow the U.S. to again attack Iraq under the guise of Iraq’s non-compliance of U.N. resolutions. When the U.N. inspectors first arrived in Iraq, the U.S. delegates were spies. The Iraqi government knew this and when they complained, the U.S. said their allegations were preposterous. Today, we know the Iraqis were right. Scott Ritter, a spy amongst spies, has come out of the closet and told the truth that the inspections were aimed at getting rid of Saddam, not seeing if Iraq acquiesced to the resolutions. Ritter also reiterated that all U.S. personnel on the inspection teams were spies. Things seemingly were going fairly smooth. Then, in July 1992, the U.N. called for an inspection of the Iraqi Agriculture Ministry. The Iraqis disallowed the request. They said there was no information about weapons in the Ministry...

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