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To: Ilaine who wrote (42466)	9/7/2002 10:57:41 AM
From: epsteinbd	Respond to of 281500

"Rand has a very good reputation..." As a sink tank ?

To: Ilaine who wrote (42466)	9/7/2002 12:27:01 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

In case anyone wants to know what Powell thinks: Powell Says World Should Be "outraged" About Iraq's Violations of U.N. Resolutions The Associated Press Sep 7, 2002 PARIS (AP) - The world community should be "outraged" by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's violations of U.N. resolutions, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview published Saturday. Powell's remarks were published a day after President Bush opened a campaign for international support against Iraq with telephone calls to French President Jacques Chirac, Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Jiang Zemin. "The resolutions he's violating are not American resolutions, but United Nations resolutions," Powell told French daily Le Monde. "There are nine, and he has violated them all." "The United Nations, the international community, every European nation should be outraged," he said, according to a French translation of his remarks. All three contacted Friday by Bush agreed to listen, the White House said. However, Putin and Chirac have expressed their opposition to any unilateral U.S. action against Iraq. "That we disagree is not a disaster," Powell said. "We should never lose sight of the fact that even in disagreement, we speak, we exchange points of view." The top U.S. diplomat said the United States would share information with its allies about Iraq and the decisions of its leaders. "How far have they gone? We must share the information that we have, so that people can make their own opinions," he said, according to Le Monde. "It is incumbent upon Iraq to show the civilized world that it wants to be a civilized nation, not a rogue state, led by a rogue," Powell was quoted as saying. Powell said that the possibility of a return of U.N. weapons inspectors to Iraq was only a means to the end of disarming Saddam. "The inspections are not the objective. The objective is disarmament," he said. AP-ES-09-07-02 1057EDT This story can be found at: ap.tbo.com

To: Ilaine who wrote (42466)	9/7/2002 5:13:29 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

>>45,000 American troops to be transported to Kuwait, Jordan next week British defense sources said that the USA is deploying in Kuwait and Jordan weapons for 45,000 troops that will be transported next week. The sources said that the USA is redeploying some 60,000 American and British troops along the Kuwaiti - Iraqi borders, and 15,000 on the Jordanian - Iraqi borders, and other 30,000 troopers in the Kurdish area to the north of Iraq, so far 8,000 of them arrived through the Turkish territories. The same sources indicated that these forces will use tanks stored in the Kuwaiti al-Doha base, and the fighters of the Shiite groups in the south, especially the "Bader" contingent, led by Ayatullah Muhammad Baqer al-Hakim, currently existing in Iran.<< arabicnews.com