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To: PartyTime who started this subject	3/11/2003 10:35:04 AM
From: Ed Huang	Read Replies (2) of 25898

White House Says U.N. Iraq Vote Will Be This Week Tue March 11, 2003 10:24 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday a U.N. Security Council vote on Iraq will take place this week and rejected a proposal to extend the deadline for Baghdad to disarm by one month. The United States and Britain so far have failed to muster the nine votes needed for passage of a resolution setting the stage for war with Iraq, but White House spokesman Ari Fleischer declared: "The vote will take place this week." Fleischer also said a plan to extend the deadline for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to get rid of his alleged weapons of mass destruction to April 17 was "a non-starter." Despite veto threats from France and Russia, President Bush engaged in last-minute telephone diplomacy for a second straight day with many calls planned. Bush spoke to Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos on Tuesday morning. Angola is currently a member of the Security Council. Bush needs nine votes of the 15-member U.N. Security Council -- and no vetoes from permanent members France, Russia or China -- to gain approval of a resolution that would give Iraq a final deadline of March 17 to disarm or face invasion. The president is anxious to resolve the U.N. standoff quickly and with 300,000 troops poised to invade Iraq, the United States and its allies reluctantly accepted a delay in its diplomatic timetable, possibly until Thursday or later. "There's room for a little more diplomacy here but not much room and not much time," Fleischer said. The Security Council holds an open debate on Iraq at which all U.N. members can speak, beginning on Tuesday afternoon and expected to last well into Wednesday. Bush has threatened to go to war to remove Saddam with or without U.N. authorization but the United States was clearly still reluctant to carry through on that threat because of the high political cost to the administration and to U.S. allies like British Prime Minister Tony Blair. reuters.com

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