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To: Sully- who wrote (37989)	4/5/2004 12:27:33 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793928

Remember too, the "China plane" incident April 2001...at at time just 2 1/2 months after Bush was inaugurated, and well before many of his appointments had been confirmed by the Senate. U.S. surveillance plane lands in China after collision with fighter cnn.com The U.S. Navy says the EP-3 aircraft was involved in a routine surveillance mission April 1, 2001 Web posted at: 10:25 a.m. EDT (1425 GMT) HONOLULU, Hawaii (CNN) -- A U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane made an emergency landing in China after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet sent to intercept it, U.S. officials said Sunday. Con't at link above>>>>>>>>>>>> lubbockonline.com Photos archives.tcm.ie EU wants US and China to find quick solution to plane standoff Blix Plans Mixed Criticism Of Iraq Report to Fall Short Of Clear Verdict By Walter Pincus and Karen DeYoung Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, February 14, 2003; Page A01 washingtonpost.com >>>>>>>>But the most potentially explosive issue Blix will discuss is Iraqi production and deployment of missiles with ranges beyond a limit set by the United Nations, and its possession of hundreds of prohibited engines to power them. Officials said last night that Blix was still wrestling with whether to use his own authority to order Iraq to destroy them, or to simply report the missile violations to the council and await its decision on what to do about them. Under his council mandate, Blix is authorized to inform Iraq in writing that prohibited weapons have been found, and order their destruction at a time and place of his choosing. Iraqi refusal to destroy the missiles would constitute the most direct and visible defiance of the United Nations since inspections resumed in late November after a four-year hiatus. <<<<<<<<<