Word: weaponeering
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...those questions in a way that will show Americans that war, as terrible as it is, is the least costly course possible. Saddam, they will argue, is dangerous now and will grow only more dangerous as he builds his arsenal of gases and poisons and searches for a nuclear weapon. There is a sense, at least inside the Beltway, that Bush will eventually win the support he needs. But the issues haven't yet been fully aired, and to the extent that there has been debate, it has occurred largely within the President's party, between the brain trust...
Before the Gulf War, U.S. intelligence estimated that Iraq was five to 10 years away from building a nuclear bomb. When the International Atomic Energy Agency team went in after the war, it discovered Saddam was just six months from a crude device. Iraqi scientists had devised a workable weapon design, cobbled together tools and parts and had come very close to refining all of the 44 lbs. of highly enriched uranium necessary to fuel one bomb. But over the next seven years of intrusive watchdogging, Saddam's nuclear program was virtually wiped out, according to a broad range...
...that probably lacks any basis in law or substantive fact. It has a real chance of putting thousands of American lives at risk and seeks to dictate American will on the world. TIME: What would it mean for Israel or other neighbors of Iraq if Saddam did acquire nuclear weapons? Ritter: If Iraq today seeks to acquire any prohibited weaponry, then clearly we must presume ill intent on the part of Iraq. We must treat Saddam Hussein as a pariah leader and we must treat Iraq as a rogue nation, and they must be dealt with harshly...
Plus, there are enough familiar faces to provide stabilty on both sides of the ball. Junior tight end Matt Fratto, who showed great pass-catching potential in The Game last year, gives Rose yet another weapon. And, after flirting with a transition to linebacker, senior Niall Murphy will apparently remain at safety, shoring up the secondary. Also, John Perry will be back alongside Balestracci at linebacker...
Switzerland's banking regulator has an effective weapon to enforce the many new regulations it has put in place over the past decade: public embarrassment. Take the case of former Nigerian President Sani Abacha. At the end of 1999, the Swiss government froze all assets identified as being linked to Abacha, about $660 million, and the Swiss Federal Banking Commission began a full-scale inquiry into how and why the money had come to Switzerland. The regulator?s report, issued in August 2000, was damning?to banks. While five institutions had behaved according to Swiss money-laundering laws and procedures...