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Pentagon had no detailed plans for postwar Iraq: report WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 Pentagon planners failed to develop detailed plans for postwar Iraq because they were convinced Iraqis would welcome US troops and that a hand-picked exile leader would replace Saddam Hussein and impose order, Knight Ridder Newspapers reported Saturday. CIA chief Tenet takes blame for Bush accusation on Iraqi nuclear weapons WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 President George W. Bush's administration was hoping Saturday that a CIA mea culpa would enable it to stamp out a smoldering scandal over questionable claims about Iraq's nuclear shopping in Africa. Britain to award BAE Systems multi-billion Hawk jet contract: paper LONDON (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 The British government will next week announce it is awarding a multi-billion-pound contract for 30 Hawk trainer jets to British aeronautics and defence company BAE Systems, the Guardian newspaper said on Saturday. |
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Bush has "confidence" in CIA chief despite Iraq intelligence fault ABUJA (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 US President George W. Bush said Saturday he had "confidence" in George Tenet after the CIA director took the blame for a false claim on Iraq's alleged nuclear program included in his State of the Union address. Democrats say heads should roll over Iraq intelligence; Tenet takes blame WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 Democrats turned up the heat on President George W. Bush's administration Friday, calling for an independent investigation into whether the White House misled the US public over the Iraqi threat before the war, and insisting that heads should roll over the growing scandal. Britain's first Iraq dossier as "dodgy" as the second: report LONDON (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 The British government faced a fresh allegation Saturday that last September's dossier on Iraq used information lifted from the Internet to reinforce the case for war just as did the later, now discredited "dodgy" dossier, published in February. Democrats ask White House for answers about US Iraq intelligence WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 11, 2003 Democrats in the US House of Representatives sent a letter to the White House Friday seeking an explanation about how the George W. Bush administration came to use flawed intelligence in making the case for the US-led war in Iraq. Democrats say heads should roll over Iraq intelligence contretemps WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 11, 2003 Democrats turned up the heat on President George W. Bush's administration Friday, calling for an independent investigation into whether the White House misled the US public over the Iraqi threat before the war, and insisting that heads should roll over the growing scandal. Senate approves spending bill for US military installations WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 11, 2003 The US Senate on Friday unanimously approved a 9.196 billion dollar spending bill for military construction, as Washington moves to expand and renovate US military installations around the world. |
US troops groan in Iraq as former commander predicts long haul RAMADI, Iraq (AFP) Jul 11, 2003 US troops were grumbling Friday at retired General Tommy Franks' prediction that soldiers could be stationed on Iraq's boiling desert plains for up to four years. Lockheed Martin wins 260 million dollar Patriot missile contract WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 11, 2003 US defense giant Lockheed Martin said Friday it received a 260 million dollar US Army contract to improve the Patriot antimissile battery. Bush had "faith-based" intelligence on Iraq: arms expert WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 11, 2003 The longer the United States and its allies fail to find chemical, biological or nuclear weapons in Iraq, the more difficult it will become for the US administration to shrug off accusations that officials knowingly stretched intelligence data, according to experts. Democrats step up demands for Iraq intelligence inquiry WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 11, 2003 Senator Joe Lieberman, a Democratic candidate for president, on Friday demanded an inquiry into whether the US administration ignored CIA warning that intelligence on Iraq's weapons programs was faulty. Bush deflects blame for flawed Iraq nuclear claim ENTEBBE, Uganda (AFP) Jul 11, 2003 US President George W. Bush Friday refused to take the blame for using flawed data on Iraq's nuclear program in his State of the Union speech, saying the CIA cleared it before it was delivered. Greek Cypriot army to spend 118 million dollars on new missiles: report NICOSIA (AFP) Jul 11, 2003 The Greek Cypriot government has broken a freeze on weapons spending on the divided island and decided on a missile order worth 118 million dollars, a newspaper reported Friday. |
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