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Ananova. 21 January 2002. Bush plotting to topple Saddam within months. President Bush is drawing up a plan to topple Saddam Hussein in the next six months, according to White House sources. Newsweek magazine reports that there is a general consensus among the president's inner circle that the Iraqi dictator must be ousted. Bush recently warned Saddam there would be consequences if Iraq did not resume co-operation with UN arms inspectors, who have been barred from the country since 1998. The Iraqi leader called an emergency meeting yesterday of his two most powerful bodies - the Revolutionary Command Council and the Regional Command of the ruling Baath party - to discuss the country's response to the threat. Under the proposed plan, Newsweek says Iraqi "freedom fighters" will be used, supported by US military forces. Plans by Washington to recruit Iraqi fighters have been widely criticised in the past. Under the new strategy, the US will continue pressuring Saddam to readmit UN weapons inspectors, rather than launching a military attack "tomorrow or unilaterally," the White House adviser said. But former Air Force Lieutenant General Tom McInerney told The New York Post, "Saddam has got to go - but we have to move quickly, because we are racing against him getting a nuclear weapon." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
