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To: John Carragher who wrote (45823)	9/21/2002 8:47:18 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

It seems it was to put the un and demos in a corner to demand the action and then Bush follows thru as planned. Are they that devious, or is it "one damn thing after another?" lindybill@wewillneverknow.com

To: John Carragher who wrote (45823)	9/21/2002 9:24:59 AM
From: BigBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, there you go again! Dot connecting! Shame on you. :o}}}}} From deep out of our fume induced dot connecting stupor emerge two dots. Not merely elephant sized dots, mind you, but GD wooly Mammoth sized boogers. 1. Real signed, sealed, and delivered Battle Plans. but get this - grab the digitalis Ma! 2. The Commanding General says he's ready to execute them! Did you ever dance with the Devil in the pale moon light? :o{}}}}}}}}}} U.S. General Says Forces Ready for Iraq War Last Updated: September 21, 2002 08:08 AM ET By Ashraf Fouad reuters.com KUWAIT (Reuters) - A senior U.S. commander said on Saturday his troops were ready for war with Iraq whenever President Bush gave the order. "We are prepared to undertake whatever activities we might be directed to take by our nation," U.S. Army General Tommy Franks told a news conference in Kuwait. He heads U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which is responsible for a vast area including the oil-rich Gulf and Afghanistan. Franks insisted that Bush had taken no final decision on launching a campaign against Iraq but stressed the United States would not accept a continuation of the status quo. "The only course of action that is not available to us is to continue the course of action that we have seen over the last 11 years" since the U.S.-led Gulf War ended Iraq's seven-month occupation of Kuwait in 1991, Franks said. The United States and Britain stepped up pressure on the Security Council on Friday to adopt a tough new Iraq resolution before any resumption of U.N. arms inspections, which Baghdad has now agreed to without conditions. U.S. military planners are on a separate countdown for a possible war to remove Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, which Bush has asked Congress to authorize. Franks was on a regional tour to meet Gulf Arab and U.S. commanders in charge of operations in the area. While in Kuwait, Franks headed a two-day meeting of Central Command top officers in charge of operations in a huge region He also visited U.S. ground troops at Camp Doha and air force units operating out of Kuwait's Ahmad al-Jaber base. On his previous stop in Qatar, Franks discussed environmental issues with the six Gulf Arab states, which host a range of U.S. troops, warplanes, warships and arms depots. Franks flew to the United Arab Emirates later on Saturday for talks with the close U.S. ally and planned to spend another two days in the region visiting military facilities. POSITIONS COULD CHANGE The official stand among Gulf Arab nations, in line with the Arab League, is opposed to a military campaign by their Gulf War ally. But they have indicated that their military facilities could be available to Washington for an attack against Iraq sanctioned by a fresh U.N. Security Council resolution, officials said. The United States appears to be moving ahead with contingency planning for a possible war with Iraq despite Baghdad's offer last week to readmit U.N. arms inspectors without conditions to search for and destroy Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction. Iraq said on Saturday it would not cooperate with any new Security Council resolution that ran contrary to an agreement reached with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Contractors told Reuters on Saturday of a new tender to build a facility of some 120 tents for U.S. military use in Kuwait for delivery in November and December. Four such tent cities were erected earlier this year while a new Kuwaiti military base for use by U.S. troops in the south of the country is due to be completed in December, military sources told Reuters. The increased U.S. movements include replenishing ammunitions and hardware drawn down for the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan and the shipping of heavy military hardware in recent weeks to the Gulf, including Kuwait. Aircraft carrier battle groups and other warships returned to the region from duty in Afghanistan and U.S. marines are due to resume their annual Eager Maze exercise, storming the beaches of Kuwait in an amphibious landing. U.S. ground forces, which maintain a year-round presence, started an exercise in Kuwait in September close to Iraq. The movements also include a major expansion of U.S. military presence in Qatar and planned exercises there.