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03-09-2003, 10:17 PM
Powell: No extension of March 17 deadline
By Anwar Iqbal
UPI
March 10, 2003
WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that the United States had no plans to extend a March 17 deadline and would use "military force" if Iraq did not disarm by then.
In interviews with various television networks, Powell also that a French U.N. Security Council veto of the second resolution on Iraq would have "very serious" impact on Washington's relations with Paris.
Last week, the United States, Britain and Spain presented a resolution in the Security Council seeking its endorsement for the use of force to disarm Iraq and its leader Saddam Hussein. France, Russia and Germany oppose the use of force and France has indicated that it may use its veto to prevent a possible U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Powell said the new resolution clearly says that "by March 17th (Hussein) will be seen to have lost his last chance to comply and I think everyone knows what that means... it's time to force compliances with the use of military force."
He said the United States had "no plans to change" the deadline and so far "no one (even) has suggested" that it could be changed.
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/news/2003/march/0310_powell.shtml)
By Anwar Iqbal
UPI
March 10, 2003
WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that the United States had no plans to extend a March 17 deadline and would use "military force" if Iraq did not disarm by then.
In interviews with various television networks, Powell also that a French U.N. Security Council veto of the second resolution on Iraq would have "very serious" impact on Washington's relations with Paris.
Last week, the United States, Britain and Spain presented a resolution in the Security Council seeking its endorsement for the use of force to disarm Iraq and its leader Saddam Hussein. France, Russia and Germany oppose the use of force and France has indicated that it may use its veto to prevent a possible U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Powell said the new resolution clearly says that "by March 17th (Hussein) will be seen to have lost his last chance to comply and I think everyone knows what that means... it's time to force compliances with the use of military force."
He said the United States had "no plans to change" the deadline and so far "no one (even) has suggested" that it could be changed.
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/news/2003/march/0310_powell.shtml)