Bush taking a stance
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Washington DC, Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 11:00AM President George Bush
> has
> made an announcement that we will not attack Iraq on March 17th as
> previously scheduled. He announced that as of today he wants to give
> inspections a chance and is agreeing to additional inspectors to be
> deployed
> throughout the country of Iraq. Therefore, he will be sending 250,000
> additional inspectors into Iraq.
> Among the additional inspectors are:
> * 50,000 members of the 1st Infantry Division
> * 30,000 members of the 101st Airborne Division
> * 30,000 members of the Marine Special Amphibious Forces
> * 5,000 members of the Navy Seals
> * 5,000 members of the Army Special Forces
> * 10,000 members of the 4th armored division with their " M1-A1 all
> terrain
> vehicles"
> * Special air deliveries to aid the inspections will be made by aircraft
> from the USS Constellation, USS George Washington, USS Abraham Lincoln
> and
> USS Enterprise.
> The President stated, "With these additional inspectors the inspections
> should be completed now in just a few weeks." There were no comments
> from
> Hans Blix, or the Security Council members of the United Nations.
>
> has
> made an announcement that we will not attack Iraq on March 17th as
> previously scheduled. He announced that as of today he wants to give
> inspections a chance and is agreeing to additional inspectors to be
> deployed
> throughout the country of Iraq. Therefore, he will be sending 250,000
> additional inspectors into Iraq.
> Among the additional inspectors are:
> * 50,000 members of the 1st Infantry Division
> * 30,000 members of the 101st Airborne Division
> * 30,000 members of the Marine Special Amphibious Forces
> * 5,000 members of the Navy Seals
> * 5,000 members of the Army Special Forces
> * 10,000 members of the 4th armored division with their " M1-A1 all
> terrain
> vehicles"
> * Special air deliveries to aid the inspections will be made by aircraft
> from the USS Constellation, USS George Washington, USS Abraham Lincoln
> and
> USS Enterprise.
> The President stated, "With these additional inspectors the inspections
> should be completed now in just a few weeks." There were no comments
> from
> Hans Blix, or the Security Council members of the United Nations.
>