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    WTO: Ridiculing Playing Card Deck Shows Way to U.S. Regime Change

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    1 of 4. Pegmumm    North of Seattle | Member 8650, Joined Oct 15, 2002 | 1650 posts
     

    Posted: 2003-05-03 18:12

    25 April 2003
    Playing Card Deck Shows Way to U.S. Regime Change

    In the wake of the U.S.'s "pre-emptive" destruction of Iraq, her people, and her culture, the Trade Regulation Organization is issuing a "55 most wanted" playing-card deck similar to the one that the Pentagon issued two weeks ago in Iraq.

    The TRO, estimating that the U.S. governing regime is no longer consistent with world peace or prosperity, hopes that the playing cards will show the way to regime change and, eventually, large-scale war crimes proceedings.

    According to the TRO, the victims of the unprovoked U.S. war fall into three categories:

    People. In the 1991 Gulf War, up to 200,000 civilians and up to 150,000 soldiers were killed by ordinary bombs or their effects on infrastructure. 1, 2, 3, 4
    In addition, poisoning from U.S. depleted uranium (DU) weapons - banned by the Geneva Convention1 - has led to hundreds of thousands more Iraqi cancers and deaths; the 80,000 cases of "Gulf War syndrome" among U.S. veterans are most likely also due to DU exposure. 1, 2, 3, 4
    In the 2003 Iraq War, the U.S. once again used massive amounts of DU in its weapons. Iraqi death counts are unknown or unpublicized.
    Culture. Because of a U.S. policy giving carte blanche to looters - only the Oil Ministry and Interior Ministry were protected - the Middle East's leading archaeological museum lost almost all of its unique ancient artifacts, and two libraries full of irreplaceable medieval manuscripts were destroyed. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Long-term prospects. The U.S. is now considered the primary world criminal by the vast majority of the world's citizens. The implications for the U.S.'s long-term prospects are grim.
    Many of those featured on the "55 most wanted" cards are in government, and removing these people from power would go a long way towards making the world a safer place.

    Others include corporate CEOs; in those cases, the corporations themselves must be dissolved or otherwise rendered incapable of further harm.

    "If one day the people on these cards are indeed brought to justice, 'just following orders' or 'supporting our troops' will be no excuse for the rest of us," said TRO spokeswoman Hedwig Ixtabal-Mono.
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    2 of 4. cookie    dead Center, Earth, the Universe | Member 3473, Joined Oct 31, 2001 | 4053 posts
     

    Posted: 2003-05-03 19:51

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    3 of 4. Deka    Tokyo | Member 316, Joined Mar 16, 2001 | 295 posts
     

    Posted: 2003-05-03 20:56

    WTH? Is this the actual site of the WTO??
    The WTO is disbanding becuase
    "The WTO will eventually reintegrate as a new trade body whose charter will be to ensure that trade benefits the poor. "
    The WTO going after the corrupt American elite?
    I am really confused. Is this a dream?

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    4 of 4. reggy    north of Seattle, WA | Member 9079, Joined Oct 26, 2002 | 380 posts
     

    Posted: 2003-05-03 21:23

    Quote:
    On 2003-05-03 20:56, Deka wrote:
    WTH? Is this the actual site of the WTO??
    The WTO is disbanding becuase
    "The WTO will eventually reintegrate as a new trade body whose charter will be to ensure that trade benefits the poor. "
    The WTO going after the corrupt American elite?
    I am really confused. Is this a dream?


    The link above is to www.gatt.org. The real WTO site is http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/thewto_e.htm. They are not disbanding.

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