IRAQ - Jan. 28 - Cheney Attack.US Vice Pres. Dick Cheney accuses Baghdad of seeking to develop weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or in violation of the ceasefire accord and says: "Saddam's still, I think, very much a force for instability in the region. He is still clearly looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to develop weapons of mass destruction". (Conspicuous con·spic·u·ous adj. 1. Easy to notice; obvious. 2. Attracting attention, as by being unusual or remarkable; noticeable. See Synonyms at noticeable. by its absence from his remarks is the notion that Saddam is still "in his box", the refrain used by Pres. Bill Clinton and his aides to describe US-led efforts to isolate Saddam and keep him from rearming re·arm v. re·armed, re·arm·ing, re·arms v.tr. 1. To arm again. 2. To equip with better weapons. v.intr. To arm oneself again. ). He adds: Saddam's forces are still "significantly weaker" than when he invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990. (The invasion led then-President George Bush to assemble an international coalition that drove Iraq from Kuwait). |
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