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...large American peacekeeping deployment in Iraq was the last thing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wanted when he was planning the war. He and his deputy, Wolfowitz, hoped to bolster postwar security by redeploying elements of Iraq's 400,000 troops to supplement the relatively small invading force. With Saddam gone, the plan was for Iraq's civil servants and police to step in to help run the country while a U.S.-chosen governing council handled the nitty-gritty of administration until democracy blossomed...
Bush administration officials appeared unusually concerned, this week, to distance themselves from the suggestion that Saddam Hussein had any connection to the September 11 terror attacks. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and President Bush himself all went on record stressing that there was no evidence linking Iraq to the attacks - despite the fact that 70 percent of Americans believe Saddam was involved. That erroneous belief may, of course, be one reason for the administration's sudden concern to set the record straight. Because, as Vice President Dick Cheney put it on Sunday, "it's not surprising...
...coalition will not be dissuaded from its mission in Iraq--not by sabotage, not by snipers and not by terrorists with car bombs." DONALD RUMSFELD, Secretary of Defense, in a taped address to the Iraqi people...
...have long wanted to step up pressure on Pyongyang, now saw little reason to extend their patience. "The North Koreans have run this particular film on too many Saturday nights," says a Western diplomat. Sounds like someone's getting tired of the show. --Reported by Matthew Forney/Beijing and Donald Macintyre/Seoul
...coalition will not be dissuaded from its mission in Iraq?not by sabotage, not by snipers and not by terrorists with car bombs." DONALD RUMSFELD, Secretary of Defense, in a taped address to the Iraqi people...