Word: armadas
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...Bush war party - Secretary of State Colin Powell and Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair - are warning that January 27 should not, in fact, be regarded as a definitive deadline at all. Bush Administration hawks may have other ideas as the U.S. moves rapidly to assemble an invasion armada that would be ready to do its job by mid-February...
...from clear right now how the Bush administration might start one. Opinion polls indicate a strong preference in the American electorate for any preemptive attack on Iraq to be authorized by the UN, and the administration remains committed to the UN process even as it assembles an invasion armada that carries no UN mandate. Although the arms inspectors have cited problems with Iraq's December declaration that it harbors no prohibited weapons, not even Britain endorsed the U.S. view that the declaration itself put Iraq in "material breach" of Security Council Resolution 1441 - language that could trigger...
...with the demands of the international community. And an ambiguous report would likely see Security Council members pushing for further investigation. In the interests of securing international support for an invasion, the Bush administration may stop short of insisting on declaring war the following day, but once its invasion armada is assembled and ready for action, it will no longer be in a position to tolerate months of delay. At that point, President Bush will have to work hard to convince reluctant allies that Iraq is indeed in "material breach" of UN requirements, and that imposing a "regime-change...
...setting itself up all around the perimeter. Diplomats went to Turkey to negotiate for basing rights and got a half-yes. Chief of the U.S. Central Command, General Tommy Franks, flew to his forward command center in Qatar to play war games that could turn into combat overnight. An armada of a dozen ships steamed off to possible war stations, and Pentagon planners prepared to call up a first batch of reserves. One way or another, the U.S. insists, Saddam is going to be disarmed. --Reported by Massimo Calabresi and Mark Thompson/Washington, Lisa Clausen/Melbourne, Kim Ghattas/Baghdad, Andrew Purvis/Vienna and Stewart...
...setting itself up all around the perimeter. Diplomats went to Turkey to negotiate for basing rights and got a half-yes. Chief of the U.S. Central Command, General Tommy Franks, flew to his forward command center in Qatar to play war games that could turn into combat overnight. An armada of a dozen ships steamed off to possible war stations, and Pentagon planners prepared to call up a first batch of reserves. One way or another, the U.S. insists, Saddam is going to be disarmed...