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To: JBTFD who wrote (2780)	2/12/2002 3:17:38 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

Okay, will do. Iraq Blasts Cheney's Scheduled Middle East Tour Tue Feb 12, 7:35 AM ET BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A leading Iraqi newspaper on Tuesday dismissed as futile a scheduled tour by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) to the Middle East to rally support for the U.S. war on terror. "Cheney is planning a futile visit to some Arab countries and the Zionist entity (Israel)," the official al-Qadissiya newspaper said in a front-page editorial. "They are preparing the ground to commit new aggression and terrorism against the Arabs and Muslims despite Arab rejection of such threats," the paper said. Cheney's trip will take him to 11 countries including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey and Kuwait, all of which border Iraq. President Bush (news - web sites) last month named Iraq as part of an "axis of evil" along with Iran and North Korea (news - web sites). Bush Monday issued a new warning to Iraq, along with Iran and North Korea, saying the United States had a mission to stop nations developing weapons of mass destruction from teaming up with terrorists. Al-Iraq newspaper said the United States was using weapons of mass destruction as a pretext to attack Iraq. "America wants to launch aggression and it is using so-called weapons of mass destruction as an excuse," the paper said. Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, who met Bush last month in Washington and exchanged letters with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), told reporters in Ankara Monday his country had no desire for any U.S.-led attacks on Iraq and was confident Washington would not act without Ankara's backing. Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri, on a visit to Istanbul, said Tuesday that Baghdad expected Turkey would work to prevent any U.S. strikes on Iraq.