Word: readmitting
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...allies want more than anything else is to avoid a war whose consequences they fear will be more devastating than any threat posed by Saddam right now. It is fear of what the U.S. may do that has galvanized France, Russia and Arab regimes to press Baghdad urgently to readmit weapons inspectors...
...along with such key international allies as Britain's prime minister Tony Blair. President Bush's comments after meeting congressional leaders in Washington on Wednesday suggest he may have signed on to the idea of using his September 12 U.N. address to deliver an ultimatum to Baghdad to unconditionally readmit weapons inspectors by a prescribed deadline, or else face the consequences...
...been in limbo since Iraq denied officials access to key sites in 1998. That action triggered four days of U.S. and British bombing followed by a four-year stalemate. Saddam had hoped the deadlock would eventually force the international community to lift crippling sanctions without him having to readmit inspectors. But that was before the "axis of evil" speech. Unable to link Baghdad to the September 11 attacks, President Bush has made Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program Exhibit A in the case for a war to overthrow Saddam - and that has given Hussein an overriding incentive to reach...
...over weapons of mass destruction to beat the drums of war. "The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons," the President warned. Following his warning two weeks ago that if Iraq failed to readmit U.N. weapons inspectors, the U.S. would "deal with him at the appropriate time," the message was plain...
...military campaign in Afghanistan has affirmed the overwhelming power of America's war machine - in the eyes of both friend and foe. Saddam Hussein, more than most, has reason to be nervous. President Bush drove home the point Monday in a sharp warning to the Iraqi dictator to readmit United Nations arms inspectors or face unspecified consequences. But that doesn't necessarily mean the war against terrorism is about to target Baghdad...