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To: seadust who wrote (31525)	11/5/1998 4:33:00 PM
From: Captain James T. Kirk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 95453

Prepare for War !! My gut says that even though the "guttless" powers that be want to avoid it, its going to happen this time: Thursday November 5 4:05 PM ET Cohen Holds Talks In Jordan On Iraq Crisis AMMAN, Jordan (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen arrived in Amman Thursday and immediately started talks with top Jordanian officials on the Iraqi crisis, officials said. Palace officials said Cohen's talks with Crown Prince Hassan and Prime Minister Fayez al-Tarawnah in the Royal Raghdan Palace focused on the latest tension over Baghdad's decision to halt cooperation with U.N. arms inspectors. Cohen arrived at Amman's military airport at Marka from the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where he met Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The defense secretary had said earlier during a visit to Oman, one of six Gulf states he has visited, that Iraq's decision to halt cooperation with U.N. arms inspectors was ''totally unacceptable'' and threatened regional stability. In a statement released by the Pentagon Thursday, Ken Bacon, the assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, said Cohen had held ''successful consultations'' in the Gulf. ''He found the Gulf countries united in their condemnation of Iraq's refusal to allow weapons inspections by the United Nations Special Commission,'' said Bacon, who is travelling with Cohen. ''In the discussions, Secretary Cohen reviewed possible responses to Iraq's flagrant violation of Security Council resolutions,'' Bacon added in the statement. ''Based on his meetings, Secretary Cohen is confident that the United States will have the support it needs to take appropriate action to uphold the Security Council resolutions.'' Cohen had said in Oman that he reviewed ''Iraq's continued intransigence and violation of its obligations under United Nations Security Council resolutions and the memorandum of understanding signed with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in February of this year. ''The Iraqi government's October 31 decision to halt cooperation with the United Nations Special Commission inspectors is totally unacceptable and threatens the stability of the entire region,'' Cohen said. Cohen is on a whirlwind tour of Washington's regional allies. After talks with his British counterpart George Robertson in London Tuesday, the defense secretary traveled to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. The United States and Britain have agreed that force could be used if Iraq fails to back down on the issue of arms inspections, which must be completed to lift sanctions imposed after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. powers that be want to avoid it, its going to happen this time: