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Tokyo (AFP) Mar 13, 2003North Korea may be preparing to launch a Rodong ballistic missile that could reach nearly all parts of Japan, leading newspapers said Thursday. The US military headquarters in Japan gave the information, based on analysis of data from spy satellites and other sources, to the government last Friday, the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Mainichi Shimbun said. The Japan Defence Agency has dispatched the Myoko, an Aegis-equipped destroyer, to the Sea of Japan as part of increased efforts to monitor North Korean moves, said the newspapers. |
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US Marines raved up to go after Bush speech CAMP GRIZZLY, Kuwait (AFP) Mar 18, 2003 US Marines listened stoically to President George W. Bush's ultimatum to Saddam Hussein in the early morning hours Tuesday, as they packed up their camp for war game exercises. Bush urges Iraqi military not to fight WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 18, 2003 US President George W. Bush Monday urged Iraqi forces not to fight, and not to set oil wells alight. Iraq denies US charges it is distributing chemical weapons DOHA (AFP) Mar 17, 2003 Information Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf Monday denied US intelligence reports that Iraq was distributing chemical weapons to elite Republican Guard units in preparation for an imminent US-led invasion. US forces around Iraq top 250,000 WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 17, 2003 On the brink of war, US forces deployed against Iraq stood at about 255,000, including a frontline force of nearly 150,000 troops in Kuwait, US defense officials said Monday. NATO to hand over Macedonia duties to EU BRUSSELS (AFP) Mar 17, 2003 NATO officially agreed Monday to end its peacekeeping duties in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia at the end of the month, the alliance's Secretary-General George Robertson announced. |
Iraq apparently distributing chemical weapons: US WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 17, 2003 The United States has indications that Iraq is distributing chemicals weapons to some elite units, US officials said Monday, as US and British forces poised for military action. The players: Tyrant or hero, Saddam fights US for place in history DUBAI (AFP) Mar 17, 2003 After three decades in power, Iraq's President Saddam Hussein faces the ultimate test of his survival skills in a mighty tussle against the US superpower. NATO's Robertson to visit Georgia in May TBILISI (AFP) Mar 17, 2003 NATO Secretary General George Robertson will travel to Georgia on an official visit in May, Georgia's foreign ministry said late Monday. Iraq is apparently distributing chemical weapons: US defense official WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 17, 2003 The United States has received indications that Baghdad has begun distributing chemicals weapons to some Republican Guard units, a US defense official said Monday, as US and British forces were poised for a lunge into Iraq. DRC talks on military end without agreement on structure of forces PRETORIA (AFP) Mar 17, 2003 Talks on future armed forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ended in Pretoria Monday with goverment and rebel representatives failing to reach agreement on the structure of an integrated force. |
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