Topic: W A R - on March 17, 2003 at 5:55:19 PM CET
Thats America
Anger against France leads to vandalism towards local woman, a resident of US for 23 years
For Francoise Thomas, the anger against France for its continuing opposition to military action against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein hadn't hit home until she read about it on one of her doors.
When Thomas took out the garbage Saturday morning, she saw red letters spray-painted on the garage door of her townhouse.
"Scum go back to France," it read.
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Topic: W A R - on March 17, 2003 at 5:20:08 PM CET
Saddam Admits Iraq Had Weapons of Mass Destruction
President Saddam Hussein admitted on Monday that Iraq had in the past weapons of mass destruction but reiterated that it no longer had such weapons. In an 11th hour bid to avert a seemingly inevitable U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Saddam made the rare admission during a meeting with a Tunisian envoy.
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Topic: W A R - on March 17, 2003 at 5:04:07 PM CET
U.S., Allies Pull U.N. Resolution on Iraq
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The United States, Britain and Spain withdrew their resolution on Iraq, blaming a threatened French veto for their decision to abandon efforts to win U.N. backing for a war. President Bush planned to address the nation Monday night to give Saddam Hussein a final ultimatum.
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Topic: W A R - on March 17, 2003 at 5:00:34 PM CET
U.S., Britain End Effort for U.N. Resolution
The United States, Britain and Spain on Monday ended diplomatic efforts to win U.N. approval for an ultimatum to Iraq, clearing the way for them to launch a war without Security Council authority.
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Topic: W A R - on March 17, 2003 at 3:04:46 PM CET
Britons urged to leave Kuwait immediately
The Foreign Office has advised all Britons in Kuwait except diplomatic staff to leave the country as soon as possible.
Warnings for travellers to Israel and the United Arab Emirates were also upgraded.
The dependants of diplomats in Kuwait and Israel have already left those countries, leaving only core staff behind, a spokesman said.
The advice on the Foreign Office website for Kuwait now reads: "There is a risk of an attack from Iraq in the event of hostilities. This might involve chemical and biological weapons."
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Topic: W A R - on March 17, 2003 at 2:16:16 PM CET
Inspectors urged to leave Iraq
U.S. to call Security Council members in last-ditch bid. War fears loomed Monday, as Western nations urged their citizens to leave the Gulf region and U.N. nuclear inspectors said they had been advised to pull out of Iraq.
On the diplomatic front, the White House on Monday was to make a last-ditch effort to wring an Iraq resolution from the U.N. Security Council, even as France repeated its vow to veto any measure that included an ultimatum on Saddam Hussein's disarmament.
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Topic: W A R - on March 17, 2003 at 12:37:05 AM CET
Analysis: Dangers in Iraq War plan
Confronted with the growing realization that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's formidable army was not going to fall apart after all as soon as an under-powered U.S. land force invaded his territory, the civilian war hawks planning war strategy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense rapidly cobbled together a new, equally high risk strategy at the last minute. It has been sold to the American public as "shock and awe."
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Topic: W A R - on March 16, 2003 at 9:33:40 PM CET
United my ass
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Topic: W A R - on March 16, 2003 at 9:30:54 PM CET
Transcript of Meeting Between Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie, July 25, 1990 (eight days before the August 2, 1990 Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait)
July 25, 1990 - Presidential Palace - Baghdad
U.S. Ambassador Glaspie - I have direct instructions from President Bush to improve our relations with Iraq. We have considerable sympathy for your quest for higher oil prices, the immediate cause of your confrontation with Kuwait. (pause) As you know, I lived here for years and admire your extraordinary efforts to rebuild your country. We know you need funds. We understand that, and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country.
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Topic: W A R - on March 16, 2003 at 8:58:56 PM CET
Not Iraq, but Anniston, Ala.
The cache of chemical weapons includes 873,020 pounds of sarin, 1,657,480 pounds of VX nerve agent and 1,976,760 pounds of mustard agent - enough to kill or incapacitate millions.
It has been that way for 40 years. But as the United States prepares to attack Iraq, partly over Saddam Hussein's failure to rid his nation of chemical weapons, Anniston is a vivid reminder that the weapons of mass destruction from the 20th century were a lot easier to make than they are to destroy.
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Topic: W A R - on March 16, 2003 at 5:41:36 PM CET
Eine harte Nuss
Im Kriegsfall könnte sich Saddam Hussein in seinem Atombunker verstecken. Die USA machen sich deshalb Gedanken, wie man diesen Bunker "knacken" kann - und fahren dazu nach Bosnien, wo ein ähnlicher Bunker steht.
Als Saddam Hussein 1976, damals noch als irakischer Vizepräsident, Jugoslawien besuchte, zeigte ihm der jugoslawische Staatspräsident Jozip Broz Tito voller Stolz seinen Atombunker, der 500 Menschen aufnehmen konnte. Drei Jahre später war Hussein selbst Präsident im Irak und in den 1980er-Jahren schickte Tito seine Ingenieure nach Bagdad, um eine kleinere Version in der Nähe des Präsidentenpalastes zu bauen.
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Topic: W A R - on March 16, 2003 at 4:37:21 PM CET
SWANK BUNKER FOR BUTCHER
This is the underground bunker Saddam Hussein hopes will save his life if U.S. forces begin dropping bombs on Baghdad.
The Iraqi dictator plans to scurry like a rat by hiding 300 feet underground in a refuge that has 9-foot-thick, steel-reinforced concrete walls. Sand has been pumped around the outside of the walls for extra insulation.
Entry to the bunker is through a secret passageway, deep in the basement of his presidential palace.
WHEN the bombs start dropping on Baghdad, President Saddam Hussein will be 32m under ground in a palatial blast-proof bunker.
Details of the Hitler-style bunker, built for the Iraqi dictator in 1982 during the war with Iran, have been revealed.
According to Germany's Focus magazine, the $150 million bunker, designed to withstand missile attacks and bomb blasts, was built by German firm Boswau and Knauer, who built air-raid shelters for Hitler's Third Reich in World War II.
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