U.S. Continues Pressure Against Iraq

On Monday, July 8, President Bush re-emphsized his goal to change the
regime in Iraq. He told reporters that "It's a stated policy of this
government to have the regime change....And we'll use all tools at
our disposal to do so."

In the same press conference Bush confirmed that government officials
had leaked plans for a fullscale U.S. war against Iraq. As reported in
the New York Times on July 4, the U.S. invasion would include 250,000
U.S troops after hundreds of warplanes had unleashed a huge air assault
against thousands of targets, including airfields, roadways and
fiber-optics communications sites. Recently, Bush also signed an
executive order directing the CIA to increase support to Iraqi
opposition groups and allowing possible use of CIA and Special Forces
teams to destroy the current Iraqi government and possibly kill Saddam
Hussein.

This continuing U.S. pressure against Iraq is the action of an outlaw,
terrorist state -- U.S. imperialism -- which aims to keep Iraq under
its thumb through force of arms. At the time when the international
community is demanding that U.N. sanctions against Iraq be lifted and
the Iraqi people be allowed to leave in peace and sovereignty, U.S.
imperialism continues to foment tensions and war. By militarizing the
Persian Gulf region, U.S. imperialism aims to keep forcing Iraq and
other countries to dance to its tune.