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To: NickSE who wrote (73159)	2/11/2003 5:59:35 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Powell Says Failure to Address Iraq Crisis Could Break Up NATO Alliance info.mgnetwork.com WASHINGTON (AP) - Addressing a historic rift within NATO, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday the future of the 53-year-old military alliance is at risk if it fails to confront the crisis with Iraq. Distressed by the refusal of three U.S. allies to agree to bolster Turkey's defenses, Powell told the Senate Budget Committee that it is not the United States that is fracturing NATO by seeking support for the option of war to disarm Iraq. "The alliance is breaking itself up because it will not meet its responsibilities," Powell said in response to a suggestion by Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., that the Bush administration was "barreling in" to get Iraqi President Saddam Hussein over the objections of allies, Russia and China. [cont'd.....]

To: NickSE who wrote (73159)	2/11/2003 6:34:49 PM
From: Triffin	Respond to of 281500

Wonder how this plays into the 'it's all about oil' theory. -g- We get a 'nice' discount from the "official" price of crude for a loooonng time .. Jim in Ct ..

To: NickSE who wrote (73159)	2/11/2003 7:05:12 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Putin Hints at U.N. Veto on Iraq Action customwire.ap.org PARIS (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Tuesday that U.S. military action against Iraq without U.N. consent would be a "grave error," and hinted that Russia might use its veto on the Security Council against any "unreasonable use of force." Speaking through a translator on French television, Putin said he saw no need at present for Russia to use its veto as a permanent council member. But asked if Russia would support France if it uses its veto, Putin said: "If today a proposition was made that we felt would lead to an unreasonable use of force, we would act with France or alone." Putin, who was speaking in an interview on France's TF1 television, defended a proposal by France, Russia and Germany for strengthened U.N. weapons inspections, part of a diplomatic initiative aimed at disarming Saddam Hussein peacefully. "This is not designed to create a bloc or an axis," the Russian president said, according to a translation provided by TF1. "We are trying to find a peaceful solution to a grave international crisis and, I repeat, we will be heard." Without specifically mentioning the United States, he warned against any attempt to attack Iraq without passing through the United Nations. "I am convinced that it would be a grave error to be drawn into unilateral action, outside of international law," he said. If the United Nations does not authorize military action against Iraq, the United States reserves the right to take action along with a handful of key allies such as Britain. But a U.S. decision to flout the will of other key nations could severely strain the post-Cold War structure of global politics.