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THREATS AND RESPONSES: THE PRESIDENT; BUSH DECLARES U.S. IS USING DIPLOMACY TO DISARM HUSSEIN

October 22, 2002, Tuesday
By DAVID E. SANGER (NYT); Foreign Desk
Late Edition - Final, Section A, Page 1, Column 6, 1394 words

DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 1394 WORDS -President Bush said today that the United States was trying diplomacy ''one more time'' to disarm Saddam Hussein ''peacefully'' and suggested that if the Iraqi leader complied with every United Nations mandate it would ''signal the regime has changed.'' The White House immediately said that Mr. Bush was not...

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Britain's Blair Badgers Baghdad

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2002

(CBS) British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Baghdad Tuesday that "action will follow" if it ignores international demands to let U.N. weapons inspectors back into Iraq.

Describing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as an "international outlaw," he said there could be "no more conditions, no more games, no more prevaricating, no more undermining of the U.N.'s authority."

"And let it be clear that should the will of the U.N. be ignored, action will follow," Blair said.

"Diplomacy is vital. But when dealing with dictators — and none in the world is worse than Saddam — diplomacy has to be backed by the certain knowledge in the dictator's mind that behind the diplomacy is the possibility of force being used."

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