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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scoobah who wrote (576)	11/24/2001 10:54:25 PM
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Bush has put countries that sponsor terrorism on notice that Washington could launch preemptive strikes against groups suspected of planning new attacks on the United States. While military action in the U.S.-led war on terrorism has been confined to Afghanistan so far, some officials have raised the issue of Iraq where they suspect President Saddam Hussein of developing weapons of mass destruction. Bush Braces Nation for Tough Anti-Terror Campaign November 24, 2001 01:29 PM ET Email this article Printer friendly version Reuters Photo By Patricia Wilson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Saturday told Americans celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday to brace for tough times, warning them that the U.S. war on terrorism was far from over in Afghanistan and elsewhere. With gains against the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network coming surprisingly fast in recent days, Bush and other administration officials worry that the public might be ready to declare victory and move on. "We will face difficult times ahead," Bush cautioned in his weekly radio address. "The fight we have begun will not be quickly or easily finished." Bush, who was spending a long Thanksgiving holiday weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat, consulted with top aides on the military campaign and the hunt for bin Laden, the Saudi-born extremist blamed for the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. After his intelligence and national security briefings, a White House spokesman said Bush relaxed with family and friends at the woodland hideaway in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains. Before returning to the White House on Sunday, the president and his wife Laura will help their twin daughters Barbara and Jenna celebrate their 20th birthdays. Even as hundreds of Taliban soldiers surrendered to U.S.-backed Northern Alliance forces in besieged Kunduz on Saturday, loosening the hardline militia's grip on its last northern bastion in Afghanistan, Bush repeated his warning that the most difficult part of the mission lay ahead. "Our enemies hide and plot in many nations," he said. "They are devious and ruthless. Yet we are confident in the justice of our cause. We will fight for as long as it takes, and we will prevail." Bush has put countries that sponsor terrorism on notice that Washington could launch preemptive strikes against groups suspected of planning new attacks on the United States. While military action in the U.S.-led war on terrorism has been confined to Afghanistan so far, some officials have raised the issue of Iraq where they suspect President Saddam Hussein of developing weapons of mass destruction.