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BREAKING NEWS ASEAN fears Iraq war may cut growth by up to 1.0 percent KARAMBUNAI, Malaysia (AFP) Mar 18, 2003 Southeast Asian nations are walking a political tightrope over an imminent US-led war on Iraq and fear a prolonged war could cut their economic growth by up to one percent, the ASEAN secretary-general said Tuesday. Turkish cabinet to discuss US troops deployment: deputy PM ANKARA (AFP) Mar 18, 2003 Turkey's cabinet will hold a special meeting on Tuesday to discuss a second motion to parliament on supporting United States military action against Iraq, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener said. |
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US Marine touched by September 11 prepares for war CAMP COYOTE, Kuwait (AFP) Mar 18, 2003 Marine Corporal Ryan Brown keeps in his wallet a reminder of why he's camped in the desolate Kuwaiti desert, preparing to attack Iraq. It's a picture of his girlfriend, killed in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. Asia braces for Iraq war fallout KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Mar 18, 2003 Asia is bracing for a conflict in Iraq as though it were the start of a new world war, in the sense that few countries feel they will be immune from the fallout. US Marines revved 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 US-led coalition forces WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 18, 2003 US President George W. Bush Monday urged Iraqi forces not to fight US-led coalition forces, warned them not to use weapons of mass destruction or destroy oil wells, and stressed that war criminals would be punished. 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. |
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