>John,
>
>>If some 4th former wrote it as a school project, one would merely write it off with a D+.
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>Seems people from schools are writing a lot these days... I heard some about Tony Blayr presenting material (evidences?) in the British Parliament that was produced some years ago by a graduate. :)

The essay in question was written in September 2002 by Ibrahim Al-Marashi
and can be found at http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2002/issue3/jv6n3a1.html

In addition he had an op-ed piece in the NY Times yesterday in which he discusses Saddam's brutality and where he got the facts for his essay. The link to his op-ed is below (free subscription required)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/25/opinion/25ALMA.html

Jake