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http://sg.news.yahoo.com/021007/1/33iny.html Heute Iraq und Morgen die ganze Welt Agence France-Presse Monday October 7, 20:29 PM Bush to make his case to US public for military strike against Baghdad President George W. Bush was to present his case for a military strike against Iraq in a televised address to the US public, as lawmakers in Washington prepared to resume debate on authorizing US efforts to forcibly disarm Baghdad. Legislators on Sunday appeared to fall in line behind Bush's call to use force if necessary to disarm Iraq's President Saddam Hussein. With lawmakers debating the issue in Congress this week, Democratic Senate Minority leader Thomas Daschle told NBC television he expected the measure Bush would be adopted with broad bipartisan support. "We will first attempt to use every diplomatic means available ... we ought to, if no other option is available ... use preemptive force unilaterally if necessary," Daschle said. During a weekend visit at his parents' property in the northeastern US state of Maine, Bush slammed Saddam as a "cold-blooded killer." And in his weekly radio address Saturday, Bush warned that a use of force would be necessary if the Iraqi government does not allow unfettered arms inspections. "The use of force may become unavoidable," he said, accusing Iraq of having defied the international community ever since the 1991 Gulf War over Kuwait. While some in the more liberal wing of the Democratic Party continued to call for restraint, the most part, congressional leaders supported the president. "We have to disarm Iraq. That is the goal," Senator Richard Gephardt, the House minority leader, told ABC. "This is an issue of life or death." Baghdad's top diplomat at the United Nations meanwhile said Iraq would consider a new UN Security Council resolution on weapons inspections, and would allow inspections at sensitive "presidential" sites. "We are not rejecting any resolutions of the Security Council," Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations Mohammed Aldouri told ABC television, when asked about such a possibility. "I think now the Security Council will go to Baghdad and have all facilities, feel free to search any site in Iraq, even the sensitive sites, or so called presidential sites," he said. The Washington Post reported Sunday that war may still be averted because US intelligence experts believe Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will be ousted by members of his inner circle before US forces launch a major ground attack. Faced with a US military assault and the choice of either being Saddam's successors or being imprisoned or killed, top-ranking officers or senior officials will likely try to eliminate the Iraqi leader, current and former US officials and intelligence experts told the daily. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu 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 ==^================================================================
