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Sunday, December 22, 2002

“War is the only option” by Nobel Prize-winner Elie Wiesel, from the [url=http://www.observer.co.uk/

“We must do everything possible to prevent Saddam from using his weapons. “Does this mean war? Not necessarily. Since our intelligence services, which seem to be well informed, know where the plants in question are located (at least, I hope so), I am naÔve enough to believe that a kind of James Bond operation would be best. “I imagine American, British and Israeli commandos, the best trained in the world, would one night parachute into Iraq. They would destroy all the missile bases and centres for weapons production and set out again at dawn, if possible, without killing a single Iraqi. “Am I too romantic? Why wouldn’t I be? After all, I am also a novelist. Only I must admit that the military professionals to whom I proposed my plan did not find it very realistic. And the fact that I know nothing about war strategies did not strengthen my position.” (Source Link)

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