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U.S. says get out while the gettings good.
As the U.N. weapons inspectors arrived in Baghdad Monday, Middle Eastern newspapers are reporting that U.S. embassies in Arab capitals have quietly urged U.S. citizens to leave the region before Dec. 7, or just before Eid al-Fitr, the celebration marking the end of Ramadan. An Arab source says some Middle East governments were caught by surprise, believing Baghdad's acceptance of Security Council Resolution 1441 opening the way for U.N. weapons inspections had eased the tension in the region. So the Arabs are drawing what they consider the inevitable conclusion: the Bush administration plans to go ahead with its strike against Saddam Hussein regardless of the outcome of the U.N. inspections.Light begins to dawn, clue found, etc. Posted by: Steve 2002-11-19 |
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