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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (48870)	3/21/2002 11:00:49 AM
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Bush: Cheney Delivered Message Of US Resolve On Iraq By: Alex Keto, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- President George W. Bush said Thursday that Vice President Dick Cheney delivered a message of U.S. resolve to take on Iraq 's Saddam Hussein during his trip to several Middle East countries. For his part, Cheney downplayed the public comments from many Arab leaders who urged the U.S. to use diplomacy and not military force against Iraq . "They are uniformly concerned about the situation in Iraq , in particular about Saddam Hussein's failure to live up to the U.N. Security Council resolutions, especially...that said he'd get rid of all of his weapons of mass destruction," Cheney said. "And they are as concerned as we are when they see the work that he has done to develop chemical and biological weapons, his pursuit of nuclear weapons," he added. Bush said that his comments on Iraq shouldn't be viewed as bluster or empty rhetoric. "I think one...point that the vice president made, which is a good point, is that this is an administration that when we say we're going to do something, we mean it," Bush said. "We are resolved to fight the war on terror. This isn't a short-term strategy for us...history has called us into action, and we're not going to miss this opportunity to make the world more peaceful and more free," Bush said. Both men made their remarks in the Oval Office. Cheney had just returned from the Middle East and briefed Bush about his trip during breakfast. Bush also expressed frustration with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and said Arafat must do more to rein in terrorist attacks against Israel . "I, frankly, have been disappointed in his performance," Bush said. On both Wednesday and Thursday, suicide bombers struck in Israel , even as U.S. Special Envoy Anthony Zinni was trying to work out a cease-fire. Cheney said during his trip that he would be willing to meet with Arafat if a cease-fire was put in place. The final decision on whether a meeting will take place is up to Zinni, Bush said. "The definition of whether or not he is going to see Mr. Arafat depends upon the feel for our negotiator, Gen. Zinni," Bush said. Bush also said that he wouldn't be deterred from visiting Peru , even though a car bomb exploded in the neighborhood of the American Embassy. Bush has since left for the trip which will take him to Texas , Mexico , Peru and El Salvador . -By Alex Keto, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-9256; Alex.Keto@dowjones.com (This story was originally published by Dow Jones Newswires) Copyright (c) 2002 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved biz.yahoo.com