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...with the annotation "about to get married" - believed to be a code used for a terrorist who is about to attack. U.S. Ultimatum at the U.N. In a forceful speech at the United Nations, U.S. President George W. Bush told world leaders that Iraq "is a grave and gathering danger." Bush said the U.S. wanted to disarm Iraq of chemical and nuclear weapons by working through the U.N. Security Council, but he warned that war would be unavoidable if Iraq failed to comply "immediately" with U.N. resolutions. "Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding or will...
...that Ritter had been out of the intelligence chain for quite some time. What Powell didn't say, though, was that four years ago, when Ritter was on the ground, he appeared to be saying something a lot closer to what the Bush administration claims today: "I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measured in months, reconstitute chemical and biological weapons, long-range ballistic missiles to deliver these weapons, and even certain aspects of their nuclear weaponization program," he told PBS's Newshour...
...anniversary of Sept. 11 should be a day of complete sadness in honor of the thousands of victims. But with a name like Patriot Day there is the danger that the anniversary will become a day when we think more about our country than we do about the victims...
...signs of this danger were already evident in the official proclamation of Patriot Day. In that proclamation, President Bush cites Sept. 11 as a day that brought the nation together, and he urges Americans to remember the patriotism with which America responded to the attacks: “From the tragedy of September 11 emerged a stronger Nation, renewed by a spirit of national pride and a true love of country.” This feel-good message may be appropriate on other days, but on the anniversary of Sept. 11 it detracts from the focus on the victims...
...against Iraq remains an uphill struggle. Washington has not established any convincing link between Iraq and the events of September 11, and Britain and Israel are the only countries to have publicly endorsed the Administration's view that Saddam's weapons of mass destruction present an imminent danger requiring immediate, preemptive action. And despite the efforts of the Administration to court the support of skeptical U.S. Senators and Congressmen over the past two weeks, many insist they have been told nothing new in behind-closed-doors briefings and remain unconvinced of the imminent danger. NATO members and Arab allies have...