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— U.S. Navy Aviation Machinists Mate 2nd Class
Ronald Simon prepares for an inspection and inventory
of parts aboard the USS Reuben James. The Reuben
James is in the Arabian Sea for Exercise Inspired
Siren '02, a U.S.- Pakistani bilateral military
exercise, involving surface and air forces.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Aaron
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Calls on United Nations
To Disarm Saddam Hussein |
| By Linda D. Kozaryn
/ American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON,
Oct. 1, 2002 — "I haven't made up my mind we're going
to war with Iraq," U.S. President George W. Bush said Tuesday.
"I've made up my mind we need to disarm the man."
Saddam Hussein is a true threat to his
neighbors and to the United States, the president said following
a White House meeting with members of Congress. The United States
is determined to disarm Iraq and thereby bring peace to the
world, he said.
"The best way to
deal with him is for the world to rise up and say, 'You disarm,
(or) we'll disarm you.' And if, at the very end of the day,
nothing happens, the United States, along with others, will
act."
Bush acknowledged that Congress
is working to reach consensus on a resolution to deal with Iraq.
He said he doesn't want a resolution that will tie his hands
or one that's weaker than the "very strong" resolution
Congress passed in 1998.
"They wisely
recognized that Saddam Hussein was a threat in (19)98 and he's
more of a threat four years later," Bush said. "This
guy's had four years to lie, deceive, to arm up. He's had four
years to thumb his nose at the world. He's stockpiling more
weapons."
The military option is
not the first choice, he stressed; disarming Saddam is. "The
same old stuff isn't going to work," Bush said. "We
won't accept the status quo. There needs to be a strong new
resolution in order for us to make it clear to the world –
and to Saddam Hussein, more importantly, that you must disarm."
A very strong UN resolution is needed, he
said, "so that we don't fall into the same trap as we have
done for the last 11 years – which is nothing happens."
"The United Nations must show its backbone,"
the president said. "And we will work with members of the
Security Council to put a little calcium … in the backbone,
so this organization is able to more likely keep the peace as
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Agrees to Allow U.N. Inspectors Back |
| By Jim
Garamone / American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON,
Oct. 1, 2002 — Iraq has agreed to allow U.N. inspectors
back into the country, U.N. officials said Oct. 1 in Vienna.
Hans Blix, the chief U.N. weapons inspector,
said Iraq had agreed to allow inspectors in under the rules
in existence in 1998, when the inspectors were ordered out.
U.S. officials are taking a wait-and-see
attitude on the situation.
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U.S.
Soldiers to Leap
Tall Buildings on Letterman
WASHINGTON (Army News Service,
Oct. 1, 2002) — Air assault soldiers will make
an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman
by rappelling down a 130-feet building on Oct. 10.
Dave's "Top 10 List" will
feature five soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division
(Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y., and another five
from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort
Campbell, Ky. Each soldier will recite one of the "top
10 things Army soldiers say before rappelling."
The rappel site is located adjacent
to the fabled Ed Sullivan Theater, home for the Late
Show, and the corner of Broadway and 53rd Street in
the Big Apple. The Late Show airs on CBS at 11:30 EST.
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| Dave
Wooten, of the U.S. Air Force Survival School, demonstrates
the motion capture suit. U.S. Air Force Photo by
Christina Rumsey |
| Hollywood Animation
Enhances Survival Training |
| FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash.
(AFPN) — Instructors at the U.S. Air Force Survival
School here are incorporating Hollywood-style animation
techniques into programs used to train students in such
skills as navigation and surviving underwater aircraft
accidents. Six years in development, this newest training
technology will allow students to "virtually experience"
a wide array of terrains and circumstances they may encounter
not readily accessible or practical through conventional
training methods. Story
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| DRILL DRESS
— Wearing firefighting proximity suits, crewmembers
of the USS Abraham Lincoln conduct training during
a general quarters drill. The aircraft carrier and
her battle group are currently deployed in the North
Arabian Sea in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
U.S. Navy Photo by Phototgrapher's Mate 2nd Class
Aaron Ansarov |
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