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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (19069)	1/30/2003 3:58:16 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Told you so... Judeofascist Russia eventually shows her true colors. () Quiz: How much boodle will be necessary to win over turncoat Putin? Putin hints at reversal of position on a war Steven R. Weisman The New York Times* Thursday, January 30, 2003 Russia appeals to U.S. for more details WASHINGTON Secretary of State Colin Powell will make a detailed presentation next week to the UN Security Council to press the Bush administration's case for eventual war with Iraq, administration officials said as Russia appeared ready to change position and support an attack. With diplomacy gaining pace across Europe and the Arab world ahead of what President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt depicted as an inevitable war, President Vladimir Putin of Russia signaled he might not insist on a diplomatic solution. "If Iraq resists these inspections, if it creates problems for the inspectors, I do not rule out that Russia may change its position," Putin said Tuesday in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. "And we intend to work with other Security Council members, including the United States, to work out other decisions. I won't say what kind, but tougher than the existing decisions." Putin spoke a day after a lengthy telephone conversation with Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, who will confer on next steps with President George W. Bush at his Camp David, Maryland, presidential retreat Friday. At the United Nations and in European and Arab capitals, debate has quickened following a report from Hans Blix, the co-chief UN weapons inspector, that was highly critical of Iraq. The 15 members of the Security Council meet again Wednesday to debate what to do next. While Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, the other chief weapons inspectors, argued Tuesday for more time for inspections, the discussion turned increasingly to the task of convincing skeptical publics across the world that Iraq has still not proved that it has no banned chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. A diplomat familiar with Russia's position said that Moscow was appealing to the Bush administration to make available more classified information on Iraq's weapons programs or buttress its case in a more concrete way. "Give us something, give us the basis," the diplomat said, summarizing the Russian position. [...] iht.com (*) Message 18340263