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...Bush administration has thus far shown no inclination to invite the UN inspectors back into Iraq. Instead, the U.S. military has been sending its own inspection teams to scour the country for banned weapons, and has even reportedly tried to recruit some of Blix's staff to help...
...event of war, U.S. special forces will scour Iraq in search of Saddam Hussein, but another team of American sleuths will be hunting something even more shadowy: his money. Severing the dictator from his dollars would make it far more difficult for Saddam to survive in hiding like Osama bin Laden, while the recovery of those assets could help rebuild Iraq...
Doing so hasn't always been easy. As a relative small fry in the U.S. market, Gigante doesn't have the advantages that size confers on some competitors. The company employs three full-time product buyers who scour farmers' markets and Mexican grocery stores for the optimum mix of U.S. and Mexican brands. Yet like most small grocery chains, Gigante initially stocked the shelves of its U.S. stores with goods supplied by a wholesaling company that dealt with food manufacturers. Since then, growth has allowed for bigger orders at lower prices negotiated directly with manufacturers. (One hiccup along...
...system will scour library databases each night and send e-mails out to students in the morning, although those without access to e-mail will still receive paper notices, McKeigue said...
Once the war begins, the U.S. will scour Iraq's towns, skies and highways for signs of preparation for an unconventional attack. Any movement of forces to warehouses suspected of containing weapons of mass destruction will be promptly attacked. But Pentagon officials admit that they will need help finding Iraq's stores of deadly agents before they are put to use. "When they're hiding it, you need someone to come forward and tell you where it is," says General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. strategists are hoping that if defeat appears inevitable, Saddam...