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...Security Council members such as France, Russia, China and Germany was to urge further - and expanded - inspections. But if Blix on Feb. 14 turns reports that Iraq continues to evade its disarmament responsibilities, even the most reluctant Security Council members will be forced to accept moving to the next phase: the "serious consequences" mentioned in Resolution 1441 as the price of Iraqi non-compliance. And Powell made it abundantly clear that failure to do so would be to accept the irrelevance of the Security Council - something that France, Russia, China and other powers whose influence in international crises derives primarily...
...final phase of the Phony War. The Iraqi military has begun highly visible preparations to shore up defenses along the vital Basra-Baghdad highway. The Army has started to move troops and materials into defensive positions along the road, which was heavily bombed by U.S.-led forces during the Gulf War while the Iraqis were withdrawing their troops from Kuwait. In the event of a new war, U.S. and British forces will need to seize and hold this crucial artery, which links the Iraqi heartland to the country's only significant port...
...ultimate goal of replacing the elevated Central Artery highway with an underground road—beautifying Boston as it makes it safer—is one that we greet with enthusiasm. But the Big Dig is by no means over, and the successful closure of this phase in its plan should not obscure all that remains to be addressed...
Wolfowitz's presentation didn't persuade his colleagues. But he made a lasting impression on Bush. After telling aides that the first phase of the war would be limited to removing the Taliban, the President privately encouraged Wolfowitz--"Wolfie," as Bush calls him--to keep pressing his case. "When he speaks, his intellect is moving so fast that sometimes he's editing as he goes along," says a senior Administration official. "But you always want to listen carefully to what he's saying...
...Mexican protesters threatened to block border crossings, and a few burst into their country's Congress on horseback. U.S. poultry producers, concerned that Mexico will erect such nontariff barriers as additional health inspections on chicken, have worked with U.S. officials to offer a five-year extension and gradual phase-out of the tariff on chicken drumsticks and thighs, which dropped from 49% to nada this month. A U.S. industry spokesman says the two sides are making progress on this and other issues...