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Politics : Pres. George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: calgal who wrote (302)	9/28/2002 6:07:31 PM
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Turkish Police Seize Weapons-Grade Uranium September 28, 2002 10:24 AM ET ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish paramilitary police have seized more than 33 pounds of weapons-grade uranium and detained two men accused of smuggling the material, the state-run Anatolian news agency said on Saturday. Officers in the southern province of Sanliurfa, which borders Syria and is about 155 miles from the Iraqi border, were acting on a tip-off when they stopped a taxi cab and discovered the uranium in a lead container hidden beneath the vehicle's seat, the agency said. The incident happens at a time of mounting speculation the United States could launch a military attack on neighboring Iraq for its alleged program of weapons of mass destruction. U.S. President George Bush has accused Baghdad of clandestine efforts to develop a nuclear bomb as his administration works to build international support for an operation to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Officials at Ankara's Atomic Energy Institute would not confirm they had been notified about the material, which Anatolia had reported. "Our investigation on whether the uranium was destined for a neighboring country is continuing," a Sanliurfa police official was quoted as saying by Anatolian. Police officials in Sanliurfa and Ankara declined to comment on the case. Authorities believe the uranium came from an east European country and has a value of about $5 million, Anatolian said. It was not immediately clear when the operation was carried out. Anatolian only gave the first names of the suspects, which appeared to be Turkish. Smugglers use Turkey's porous eastern border to import drugs, and hundreds of thousands of migrants each year illegally cross the rugged frontier on their way to more affluent European Union nations. Police in Istanbul seized more than 2.2 pounds of weapons-grade uranium last November that had been smuggled into Turkey from an east European nation. The smugglers were detained after attempting to sell the material to undercover police officers.

To: calgal who wrote (302)	9/29/2002 1:04:07 AM
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Bush: Congress near agreement on Iraq resolution URL: usatoday.com CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — President Bush says Congress, guided by leaders of both parties, is nearing agreement on a resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq's Saddam Hussein. Bush said in his weekly radio address that Congress is close to agreement on a resolution on Iraq. By Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP Soon the nation will "speak with one voice" in demanding that the Iraqi president rid his nation of weapons of mass destruction, Bush said Saturday in his weekly radio address. He said the Democratic and Republican leaders with whom he met this week are united in their determination to confront what he called a grave and growing danger posed by Iraq to the national security interests of the United States and its allies. In a move to win international approval for action to disarm Iraq, the United States has drafted a tough resolution for the U.N. Security Council that would force Iraq to reveal all weapons of mass destruction in its arsenal and give inspectors from the United Nations total access to verify the information. The resolution's wording was to win over skeptical China, France and Russia, who can veto any resolution. The United States and its close ally, Britain, are the other veto powers. "We refuse to live in this future of fear," Bush said in his radio address. He spelled out the threat his administration says is posed to the world by Iraq's possession of chemical and biological weapons and what he said is its determination also to acquire nuclear weapons. "We're moving toward a strong resolution authorizing the use of force, if necessary, to defend our national security interests against the threat posed by Saddam Hussein," Bush said. "We are making progress, we are nearing agreement, and soon we will speak with one voice." The president, however, still has a way to go in building firm bipartisan support. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, once an advocate of granting Bush the right to strike Saddam, is now questioning the administration's political motives as the Nov. 5 midterm elections draw near. On Friday, speaking before Republican audiences in Colorado and Arizona, Bush repeatedly made clear that while war is a possibility it is not his first option and that he would prefer a peaceful resolution of the crisis under the auspices of the United Nations. White House press secretary Ari Fleischer also underscored the theme, declaring that Bush has said "a million times" that war doesn't have to be the first choice and that the United Nations should have the chance to compel Iraq to abandon its arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. The text of the draft U.N. resolution was not released, but officials outlined its substance. The document would give inspectors the right to designate "no-fly" and "no-drive" zones in Iraq, similar to flight-interdiction zones in northern and southern Iraq now policed by U.S. and British warplanes. The resolution also would nullify assurances Secretary-General Kofi Annan gave Saddam in 1998 that restrict inspections of presidential sites such as Saddam's palaces. The resolution also envisions an end to the Iraqi practice of assigning government guides to accompany inspectors and would detail Iraq's violations and specify what Baghdad must do to correct them. The main requirement would be "full, final and complete destruction" of weapons of mass destruction. "I'm willing to give peace a chance to work. I want the United Nations to work," Bush said at a fund-raising event in Denver. He delivered the message again at an outdoor rally in Flagstaff, Ariz. "To work for peace, that's my goal," he said. "Our last choice is to commit our troops to harm's way," Bush added. "But if we have to, to defend our freedoms, the United States will lead a coalition and do so." In the radio address, Bush called Saddam "a dangerous and brutal man." He sharpened that description on the road, saying at one point that "we must make sure that madman never has the capacity to hurt us with a nuclear weapon or use the stockpiles of anthrax that we know he has." Bush is spending the weekend at his Texas ranch. Copyright 2002 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.