Tuesday, 11. March 2003

Saddameter


Chance of Invasion Today: 99 percent

Russia says it will veto the new U.S.-British resolution in its current form. U.S. and France lobby swing votes on Security Council. A leader of Pakistan's ruling party says Pakistan will abstain. Britain implicitly offers to push back March 17 deadline in exchange for votes. New U.S. spin: We've gone to war justly without U.N. support before. Turkey continues to negotiate compensation for U.S. troop deployments.

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