1. Poll: Invade Iraq Soon, Use Nukes If Necessary
A NewsMax poll conducted online this week shows that, by large majority,
Americans want to see the U.S. invade Iraq and boot Saddam from power as soon as
possible. Here were the poll questions and results:
"Should the U.S. Invade Iraq?"
81% – Yes, the U.S. should invade Iraq soon
11% – No, first the U.S. should take intermediate steps, including an
embargo and other measures
8% – No, the U.S. should just leave Iraq alone
"If the U.S. does invade Iraq, do you believe they will use weapons of
mass destruction (nuclear, chemical or biological) against American cities?"
49% – Yes, I believe they will use such weapons
51% – No, I don't believe they will use such weapons
"If Iraq were to use mass destruction weapons against American cities or
troops, should we retaliate against Iraq with nuclear weapons?"
73% – Yes, we should retaliate with nuclear weapons
27% – No, we should not retaliate with nuclear weapons
2. Saddam Planning a Surprise? A Move To Counter The U.S. May Be In The
Works
by Stewart Stogel
NewsMax's Stewart Stogel reports from the United Nations that a new move by
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to head off a U.S. attack may be in the works.
On Thursday, secretary of state Colin Powell told a congressional committee
he would be dispatching an emissary to Paris and Moscow to enlist their support
for Security Council action on Iraq.
Early Friday, Baghdad dispatched deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz to Turkey
and foreign minister Naji Sabri to Iran to convince those governments to avoid
assisting any prospective U.S./UK military action against Iraq.
The White House would like congressional and UN support for any action on
Iraq to be finalized within the next week claim State Dept. sources. "We can't
have this go on indefinitely," explained one U.S. diplomat in New York.
On Monday, UN arms chief Hans Blix is scheduled to meet an Iraqi delegation
in Vienna, Austria.
The purpose is to finalize the modalities (or logistics) for the UN's return
to Iraq.
That return is tentatively scheduled for mid-October.
At this meeting, it is suspected that Saddam may drop his next surprise.
Diplomatic sources believe that the Iraqi leader may use the meeting with
Blix to "convey" a letter to the president of the Security Council (Stefan
Tafrov-Bulgaria).
In the letter, it is believed that Saddam may again "welcome" the UN
inspectors back to Iraq and personally assure the Council of "full" cooperation.
The letter might talk about the need to reassure the international community
that Iraq poses no threat and that the U.S./UK campaign amounts to no more than
personal vendettas (a position illustrated when President George W. Bush
reminded an audience that Iraq tried to assassinate his father during a trip to
Kuwait in 1993).
While the U.S. and UK would seek to ignore the Iraqi letter (as no more than
diplomatic posturing), others in the Council (Russia and France) may attach more
weight to it.
Paris and Moscow may insist on putting the Iraqi "assurances" to the test
before the Security Council acts.
Such a move by the French and Russians might stall any Council action on Iraq
by several more weeks.
It would also stall U.S. efforts to "plug" several loopholes in past Council
resolutions that Iraq has exploited (such as exempting presidential palaces from
"no notice" inspections).
If the UN arms inspectors do arrive in Iraq in mid-October as planned, the
first surprise inspections could be launched within a week to two afterwards, UN
sources tell Stogel.
Therefore, any report on Iraqi "cooperation" would most likely not come
before late October or early November.
That could leave the Bush administration going into the mid-term elections
with no UN action on Iraq.
"This could cause problems for the U.S., no doubt about it," claimed one
diplomat.
3. Alibek: West Nile Is Amazing, Suspects Terrorism
Dr. Ken Alibek, arguably the world's foremost expert on bioweapons and former
head of the old Soviet Union's bioweapons program, offers some chilling insights
in his recent confidential briefing for NewsMax readers on a new tape: "Off the
Record with Dr. Ken Alibek."
This week NewsMax released details of Alibek's dire warnings about a smallpox
outbreak. Such an occurrence will cause a global death count unmatched in modern
times.
One reason that Alibek, who frequently consults for the CIA and the FBI, may
worry about such an outbreak is his concerns that the West Nile virus was the
first bio attack that went unreported.
Dr. Alibek reveals in "Off the Record" that the spread of West Nile is "one
of the most puzzling" matters he has ever witnessed in studying diseases and
their epidemiology,
Alibek notes that nowhere on the planet is West Nile spreading to the degree
it is here.
"Why it's spreading so fast throughout the United States?" he asks.
Alibek continued: "The way this infection is developing is absolutely
amazing. I have never seen anything like this in three years of infection, which
started in one place in the United States, in New York, now actually is
everywhere in the United States."
Alibek has strong suspicions West Nile is indeed a bio-weapon employed
against the U.S.
He says that shortly before the West Nile first broke out in New York, and
Iraqi defector warned that Saddam would deploy such a weapon.
Alibek's stunning concerns add more weight to claims made in NewsMax's
blockbuster book "Catastrophe; Clinton's Role in America's Worst Disaster." That
West Nile was the first bio weapon used against America.
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