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...backbone," and vowed to work to "put a little calcium there." And, of course, it was the threat of unilateral U.S. action that got the Security Council even considering the issue at all right now. Which is why even as negotiations continue on the text of resolutions both on Capitol Hill and at the Security Council in New York, there's unlikely to be any letup in U.S. and British military preparations for the worst-case outcome...
Something about as rare as the alignment of the outer planets was under way in the Capitol last Wednesday: Tom Daschle was mad, really mad. The famously unflappable Senate majority leader had stormed into an aide's office that morning sputtering, "This is outrageous!" Then he raged some more during a meeting in which he and other Senators were supposed to be reviewing the latest Hispanic polling numbers. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin finally cooled him down: "Count to 10. Call some close friends. Wait an hour before you say anything." When Daschle took the Senate floor later that morning, everyone...
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...summer to the Arab TV station al-Jazeera, which broadcast an audiotape of the interview last week. In the interview, Binalshibh gave details of the Sept. 11 attacks, including code words for the targets and confirmation that United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania, was headed for the Capitol--code words, "The Faculty of Law." And he expressed regret that he was unable to take part in the attacks...
...agreeing unconditionally to new inspections, Saddam clearly hopes to drive a wedge between the U.S. and its European and Arab allies. And also, perhaps, between those on Capitol Hill who accept regime change as a reason for going to war, and those who would support military action only as a last resort if Iraq continues to reject inspections...