White House
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, obviously, I'm glad to see some interest in the trip. It should be an interesting trip. The President and I have talked about it over a period of several months -- that is, the President had the idea in mind that at some point he would want to send me into the region ...
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Bush in new warning to Iraq
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The Guardian
President Bush is today expected to issue a new warning to Iraq in a speech mapping out US strategy for the next phase of Washington's "war on terror" six months after the September 11 attack. The speech is likely to further raise tensions at a time of escalating violence in the Middle East ...
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Bush wants 25,000 UK Iraq force
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The Observer
America has asked Britain to draw up plans for 25,000 of this country's troops to join a US task force to overthrow Saddam Hussein.
In a move which reveals advanced US plans for the next phase of its war on terror, Government departments are considering the plans ahead of Vice-President Dick Cheney's meeting with the Prime Minister tomorrow.
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US pursues ex-generals to topple Iraq leader
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The Boston Globe
WASHINGTON - The CIA and State Department have begun aggressively courting exiled Iraqi generals in Europe and the United States whom they see as key to overthrowing President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, US officials and Iraqi dissidents said. The overtures - which have irked some in the Pentagon - have intensified since January, when President Bush declared that Iraq, Iran, and North Korea were part of ''an axis of evil'' and US officials stepped up their anti-Iraq rhetoric.
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Iraq Says It Won't Allow Arms Inspectors to Return
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Reuters
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said Sunday his country would not allow U.N. weapons inspectors to return. "Iraq's rejection of the teams of spies to return back to Iraq is firm and won't change," Ramadan was quoted by the official Iraqi News Agency INA as saying, referring to the weapons inspectors.
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Fundamentalism said to grow in Egypt's military
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MENL
CAIRO [MENL] -- Western officials are expressing concern that Egypt's military is being dominated by Islamic fundamentalists. The officials, who monitor Egypt, said many of Egypt's junior officers display openly a commitment to Islamic zealotry. They said this has harmed Western efforts to cooperate with Egypt's military. The phenomenon is said to be especially strong in Egypt's air force and navy.
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Nasrallah decries Arab foreign ministers' Palestine stance
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Daily Star
Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah pointed an accusatory finger at Arab foreign ministers Sunday for failing to produce a firm stand that would help end Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's violence against the Palestinians.
He also pledged that Hizbullah would help the Palestinians with "deeds, not words."
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Eye on Iraq, Bush to set out war's next phase
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International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON President George W. Bush will describe his broad strategy for the next stages of the war on terrorism Monday, six months after the attacks on New York and Washington, suggesting that he may pursue the terrorist network of Al Qaeda even inside countries that do not ask for an American presence.
He also will declare, according to officials familiar with the speech, that inaction will not be an option in dealing with countries assembling weapons of mass destruction, a reference to the administration's strategy in dealing with President Saddam Hussein of Iraq.
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Northern Alliance focuses on Gardez
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United Press International
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 10 (UPI) -- Almost the entire army of the Panjshir, which forms the core of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance, is rolling into Paktia province to surround Gardez and block Taliban and al Qaida guerrillas being flushed out of the White Mountains by U.S. forces. "There is no scale down in military operations although our first phase has ended," said a U.S. military spokesman at Bagram air base in Kabul, dismissing reports that a withdrawal of 400 American troops announced Sunday signals the start of a U.S. pullout.
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