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To: BigBull who wrote (69530)	1/28/2003 1:07:59 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

News today posted here. 1. Straw uses material breach language 2. Russians rethinking position--remember putin is bush buddy and will not screw him 3. Blix et al hard on iraq. 4. US to release some info by end week 5. Butler says UN need be on board 6. US attacking AFgan warlord who sent hit team to europe Is there a pattern in all this?

To: BigBull who wrote (69530)	1/28/2003 1:09:50 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Australia also throws down the 'M' werd. Australia Says Iraq in 'Material Breach' Australia Says Iraq Is in 'Material Breach' of U.N. Resolutions Demanding Disarmament abcnews.go.com Prime Minister John Howard, a key U.S. ally, said Tuesday that Iraq had failed to fully cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors and was in "material breach" of U.N. resolutions demanding its disarmament. Australia is not currently on the Security Council, which would have to make the determination whether Iraq is in material breach of its resolutions a finding that could pave the way for war. But Howard's comments underlined his government's strong backing to Washington's hardline stance on Iraq. [...] Howard said his government "believes that Iraq does have chemical and biological weapons and that is the view of the British and American governments." Howard sent elite Australian commandos and a navy ship to the Gulf last week to prepare for war and has not ruled out joining a U.S.-led strike on Iraq even without the backing of the United Nations. [...]