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...complained that the World Trade Organization had hijacked the summit. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe used his five-minute speech to lash out at British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who opposes Mugabe's controversial land seizure program. Protesters heckled and slow-clapped throughout the address by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell...
...advisers have made no secret of their disdain for the idea. Vice President Cheney warned this week that Saddam has mastered the art of confounding the inspection regime, and argued that renewed U.N. inspections could create a dangerous "false comfort" over Iraq's weapons programs. But Secretary of State Colin Powell has been a strong advocate of demanding that Iraq submit to renewed inspections, along with such key international allies as Britain's prime minister Tony Blair. President Bush's comments after meeting congressional leaders in Washington on Wednesday suggest he may have signed on to the idea of using...
Iraq: Decision Time for the Bushies Secretary of State Colin Powell has finally acknowledged what we all knew all along - that the Bush administration is sharply divided over war in Iraq. But, says Powell, the President is expected to make a decision in the next week or so, and he'll announce it to the world in his September 12 speech to the U.N. That raises the question of what exactly the President plans to say, Wednesday, when he meets with congressional leaders to make his case for attacking Iraq. The Israelis are certainly taking no chances. Prime Minister Ariel...
...Powell Silenced at Summit No wonder President Bush didn't want to go to the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. Secretary of State Colin Powell was continuously heckled during his speech to the closing session on Wednesday when he sought to defend the U.S. record on the environment and criticized Zimbabwe's seizure of white-owned farms...
...other strong advocates of invading Iraq are also among the administration's most vocal critics of the notion of applying any pressure on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to resume dialogue with the Palestinians. Neither is there any surprise that the voices of caution, such as Secretary of State Colin Powell, have also been those that have advocated accelerating negotiations towards Palestinian statehood...