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A significant barrier was crossed when President George W. Bush spoke aloud, Monday, about the possibility of an Iranian role in the 9/11 attacks on the United States. By doing so, he was responding — in a language that the ayatollahs would understand — to escalating threats and provocative behaviour from Iran. No matter who is President after November, it appears the U.S. and Iran are now on course for another history-making collision. The movement of known Afghan-Arab Jihadis through Iranian territory from Afghanistan, both before and after the U.S. invasion, is now so well established in fact that even...

(CBS) This interview was taped on February 24, 2003, by Iraqi TV crews, as is standard practice for Hussein, and the Iraqis delivered a tape that combined all three cameras into one composite feed. However, as far as we can determine, the content of the interview is intact. There are places in the tape where two people are talking at once and there are repetitions. This is a transcript of that composite tape and we apologize if it is confusing in places. Note: in almost every case, the translator is translating what Saddam Hussein has just said in Arabic. In a...

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary November 19, 2003 President Bush Discusses Iraq Policy at Whitehall Palace in London Remarks by the President at Whitehall Palace Royal Banqueting House-Whitehall Palace London, England 1:24 P.M. (Local) THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Secretary Straw and Secretary Hoon; Admiral Cobbald and Dr. Chipman; distinguished guests: I want to thank you for your very kind welcome that you've given to me and to Laura. I also thank the groups hosting this event -- The Royal United Services Institute, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. We're honored to be in...

After winning concessions from Libya, President Bush urged other nations to recognize that the pursuit of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons brings not influence or prestige, but ``isolation and otherwise unwelcome consequences.'' Bush's remarks alluded to the Iraq war that toppled Saddam Hussein over his alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction and were apparently aimed at North Korea and Iran, still suspected of seeking and developing banned weapons. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Bush, in back-to-back appearances late Friday in Britain and at the White House, announced that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi had agreed after nine months of...

President Bush said Monday the United States was employing "diplomatic means and persuasion" to convince North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program and insisted progress was being made toward that goal. Bush also said that Iran would face "international consequences" if it develops nuclear weapons. North Korea and Iran -- along with pre-war Iraq -- were part of Bush's so-called "axis of evil." "In North Korea, we're now in the process of using diplomatic means and persuasion to convince Kim Jong-il to get rid of his nuclear weapons program," Bush told a news conference. "I'm pleased with the...

The US President renewed, this afternoon, the "National Emergency Act" with Respect to Iran. "This decision extends the existing sanctions against the Islamic republic regime which were instated during the 1979 Hostages crisis. Most Iranian opposition groups and many Iranians of inside were hoping such extension by rejecting the validity of any establishement of relations between the US Administration and the Clerical regime. Several controversial lobby groups, such as, the self called "American Iranian Council" (AIC), the self proclaimed "National Iranian American Council" (NIAC) and businessmen, such as, "Hassan Namazee", former AIC Board member and current board member of the...

President Bush Discusses Freedom in Iraq and Middle East November 06, 2003/ The White House / President George W. Bush Remarks by the President at the 20th Anniversary of the National Endowment for Democracy. United States Chamber of Commerce Washington, D.C. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Please be seated. Thanks for the warm welcome, and thanks for inviting me to join you in this 20th anniversary of the National Endowment for Democracy. The staff and directors of this organization have seen a lot of history over the last two decades, you've been a part of that history. By...

Bush's Ugly Choices in Iran By Sol Sanders SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM June 24, 2003 The Iraq kick-the-can search for WMD notwithstanding, evidence for another nuclear threat to world peace is growing in Iran. Only part of the problem is Iran building nukes under the pretence of an oil rich economy needing nuclear power while rejecting UN International Atomic Energy monitoring. But Tehran has moved to enrichment after apparently discovering domestic uranium. The only question appears to be “how long?” Given repeated failures to appreciate the speed of such developments in Iraq and North Korea, alarm is justified.

Reuters News Wire ^ | Sun June 15, 2003 02:01 PM ET | Patricia Wilson Posted on 06/15/2003 11:26 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (Reuters) - President Bush on Sunday praised pro-democracy demonstrators in Iran, calling their protests a positive step toward freedom. "This is the beginning of people expressing themselves toward a free Iran which I think is positive," Bush said.