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...Saddam's own army to overthrow him, or should the U.S. assume the need to mount a full-blown invasion and occupation? Should the U.S. hand over power to Iraq's traditionally fractious exiled opposition, or should the U.S. military itself run Iraq until such time as an Iraqi civilian authority capable of stabilizing the country emerges...
...Saddam's own army to overthrow him, or should the U.S. assume the need to mount a full-blown invasion and occupation? Should the U.S. hand over power to Iraq's traditionally fractious exiled opposition, or should the U.S. military itself run Iraq until such time as an Iraqi civilian authority capable of stabilizing the country emerges...
...initial five weeks of general training covering everything from Iraqi history and culture to safety and the legal underpinnings of weapons inspections. Then they concentrate in a single field, like vaccine production. They are trained in how to spot anomalies in facilities that can have both a benign civilian use and a more sinister military one. Team members are also taught how to use the latest weapons-detection gadgets. Mock inspections require them to encounter fake Iraqi officials hiding fake long-range missiles, say, or fake mustard...
...Iran, too, is unlikely to become a target of U.S. military action any time soon, despite this week's reports alleging that the Islamic Republic plans to produce weapons-grade plutonium at two civilian power plants. Although the U.S. expressed concern over the reports, and has long sought to pressure Russia to stop supplying Iran's civilian nuclear energy program because of weapons concerns, Tehran has declared its sites open to inspection by the IAEA and vowed to cooperate in order to prove that it has no nuclear arms program. Such cooperation may do for now, not least because...
...officials on Monday despite the priority supposedly given to maintaining the declaration's security, makes clear that the only weapons programs Iraq is acknowledging are those terminated under the previous inspection regime, and that the Iraqis will claim any additional components as "dual-use" items being retained for innocuous civilian purposes...