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To: calgal who wrote (11116)	11/28/2001 6:35:51 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) of 27666

Iraqis in defiant mood amid US threats Brian Whitaker Wednesday November 28, 2001 The Guardian The war of words between Washington and Baghdad intensified yesterday when Iraq rejected US demands to allow weapons inspectors back into the country. "Iraq is able to defend itself and its rights and will not bow to threats," an Iraqi government spokesman said. Iraq was responding to a warning from George Bush on Monday that Saddam Hussein must allow inspectors back "to prove to the world he's not developing weapons of mass destruction". The president vowed that anyone harbouring terrorists or developing weapons of mass destruction would be "held accountable". Describing the US position as "arrogant and unilateral", the Iraqi spokesman said that before asking Iraq to allow weapons inspectors to return the UN should lift sanctions and the west should abolish the no-fly zones which were set up to protect Shia Muslim and Kurdish minorities. Under security council resolutions, sanctions will not be lifted until UN inspectors have certified that Iraq has dismantled weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles. The inspectors left three years ago, saying Iraq was failing to cooperate with inspections. The US suspects that Iraq may have strengthened its weapons arsenal since then. Some White House advisers are urging Mr Bush to make Iraq his next target in the "war on terrorism". Syria - which some US policymakers have suggested as another possible target - warned yesterday that it would be a "fatal mistake" for the US to take military action against any Arab country. In a further sign of rising tension, American warplanes attacked an air defence "command and control system" in the southern no-fly zone over Iraq. The US defence department said the first attack there since October 13 had been carried out in response to continuing Iraqi threats against US and British jets patrolling the zone. guardian.co.uk

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