Thursday, 17. October 2002
Topic: - on October 17, 2002 at 3:03:18 AM CEST
Bush takes powers to launch war on Saddam
US president and UN remain in dispute as Blair refuses to talk of troop deployment and army prepares tanks for desert conditions. President George Bush urged a wavering world yesterday "to face up to our global responsibility" to defend the peace and deal with the threat of Saddam Hussein. But even as he made his appeal, diplomats from a wide range of countries lined up at the United Nations to denounce plans for military strikes against Iraq.
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