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Europeans face a greater threat from homegrown terror than Americans because they are physically closer to Iraq and Syria and the Muslim community in Europe often feels more isolated from society than Muslims in the United States, according to researchers. That doesn t mean there is zero risk, says David Schanzer who directs the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke University. But the risk is lower. adidas samba 2 killed in counter-terrorism raids in Belgium 06:39 Researchers say part of what makes Islamic extremism less likely to take hold in the United States is that American society remains hospitable to diverse cultures. Sc nike air force hanzer says American Muslims are more educated salomon hombre and wealthier than the national average. In contrast, he says most Muslims in Europe have arrived as low-wage workers. European countries have not done a good of a job with immigration as we have in the United States. Professor Maria Haberfeld at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York agrees that alienation in Europe among Muslims is much higher than in the U.S. After conducting interviews in eight countries, Haberfeld wrote a book that, in part, looked at levels of estrangement among Muslims in Europe and found that Muslims felt extreme alienation from the dominant culture. This alienation cuts ac Umph Front Page: Iraq, April 14, 2003
CARACAS, Venezuela Venezuela s vice president said Wednesday that the government has uncovered a plot to attack him or another senior leader of President Hugo Chavez s party.The purported plot involved groups that have infiltrated the country, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said in a speech to government supporters. He added that the authorities believe the unidentified groups intended to attack him or National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello, and then try to blame one or the other. After announcing the alle stanley cups ged plot, Maduro traveled to Cuba to see the ailing Chavez, who underwent cancer surgery more than six weeks ago. Cuban state television showed Maduro arriving in Havana on Wednesday night and stanley cups uk being greeted by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.In a speech to supporters in Caracas on Wednesday afternoon, Maduro didn t provide any evidence of the plot or say what sort of attacks the authorities believed to have been planned. The vice president also didn t mention any arrests, but said: Don t be surprised by the actions that will be taken in the coming days. A large contingent of police and troops with rifles stood guard while Maduro spoke at an outdoor rally.Venezuela o stanley cup fficial hints at Chavez recoveryVenezuela VP: Ailing Chavez asked aides questionsChavez responding well to treatment, government saysThe vice president and Cabello have often appeared together while Chavez has remained out of sight in Cuba following the operation. Speculation about potential divisi

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Washingtonmdash; yeezy slide The Biden administration ratcheted up pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuto accept an elusivecease-fire dealwith Hamas during meetings in Washington Thursday. But despite that pressure, Israel appears to have issued n adidas originals hombre ew demands in the negotiations for an agreement to secure the release of dozens of hostages still held in Gaza in exchange for a halt in the war, which officials in the Hamas-run territory say has killed almost 40,000 people. We feel that we ve got to get this hostage deal in place so we can get a cease-fire also in place, White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said during a press briefing as President Biden met with Netanyahu. Kirby said Mr. Biden would reaffirm to Netanyahu that he believes we need to get there, and we need to get there soon. He acknowledged that there were issues that still need to be resolved that would require compromise from both Israel and Hamas, but added: We are close, we just have to finish it. In a statement issued after the meeting, the White House said Mr. Biden had expressed to Netanyahu the need to close the remaining gaps, finalize the deal as soon as possible, bring the hostages home, and reach a durable end to the war in Gaza. U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 25, 2024. adidas originals samba JIM WATSON/AFP/Gett Rayg 2 U.S. women found dead in Chile after suspected fall
CARACAS, Venezuela First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities stanley cup 151; toilet paper.Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, as it does for other shortages, the embattled socialist government sa stanley deutschland ys it will import 50 million rolls to boost supplies.That was little comfort to consumers struggling to find toilet paper on Wednesday. This is the last straw, said Manuel Fagundes, a shopper hunting for tissue in downtown Caracas. I m 71 years old and this is the first time I ve seen this. One super stanley quencher market visited by The Associated Press in the capital on Wednesday was out of toilet paper. Another had just received a fresh batch, and it quickly filled up with shoppers as the word spread. I ve been looking for it for two weeks, said Cristina Ramos. I was told that they had some here and now I m in line. Economists say Venezuela s shortages stem from price controls meant to make basic goods available to the poorest parts of society and the government s controls on foreign currency. State-controlled prices 151; prices that are set below market-clearing price 151; always result in shortages. The shortage problem will only get worse, as it did over the years in the Soviet Union, said Steve Hanke, professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University.President Nicolas Maduro, who was selected by the dying Hugo Chavez to carry on his Bolivarian revolution, claims that anti-government forces, including th

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President Trump announced an increase in sanctions on Iran on Wednesday after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed the country for an attack on Saudi oil fields. Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter that he had asked the Treasury Department to substantially increase sanctions on Iran. I have just instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to substantially increase Sanctions on the country of Iran! Mr. Trump wrote.Saudi Arabia wasexpected to directly blame Iran on Wednesdayfor the raid that heavily damaged two oil facilities in the kingdom over the weekend. Pompeowas visiting Saudi Arabiato discuss the attack and coordinate efforts to counter Iranian aggression in the region, according to the State Department.Pompeo tweeted on Sunday that Iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world s energy supply, adding that there was no evidence that the attack came from Houthi forces in Yemen, who claimed responsibility. We call on all nations to publicly and unequivocally condemn Iran s attacks. The United air max 2 States will work with our partners and allies to ensure that energy markets remain well supplied and Iran is held accountable for its aggression, Pompeotweeted. Iran has yeezy slide denied any involvement, but on Wednesday Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Saudi Arabia should see the attack as a warning to end its war in adidas og Yemen.CBS News national security correspondent David Martin said the most urgent order of business for Pompeo will be to discuss the installation of better a Mbfq Poet Rupi Kaur declines invitation to White House Diwali celebration over U.S. response to Israel-Hamas war
Belgian railway officials said Tuesday one of the drivers of two trains that collided outside Brussels, killing at least 18 people, has survived the crash with serious injuries.Officials said Monday that 80 people were injured, 20 of them seriously, and the death toll was not considered final. As darkness fell more than 10 hours later, rescuers were still looking for victims in the wreckage, said Jos Colpin, the spokesman for the federal prosecutor s office.CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips reports that emergency medical workers set up a triage and command center near the scene of the accident to coordinate their effort. Rescuers were to resume the search Tuesday for more victims in the wreckage of the two commuter trains that collided in one of the deadliest rail accidents in Belgian history.National Railways spokesman Jochen Goovaerts said police will question the driver when his condition allows it. Belgian police investigators will examine the black boxes of the two trains to try to determine whether mechanical failure, human error or weather conditions were primarily responsible for the crash near a suburban station stanley deutschland 9 miles south of Brussels. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-990d81ca-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, stanley cup right-rail-recirc-item--id-990d81ca-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea and locked down the capital, Pyongyang, as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus and its economic damage, South Korea s spy agency told lawmakers Friday. Kim s government also ordered diplomats overseas to refr adidas campus herren ain from any acts that could provoke the United States because it is worried about President-elect Joe Biden s expected new approach toward North Korea, lawmakers told reporters after attending a private briefing by the National adidas campus 00s Intelligence Service.One of the lawmakers, Ha Tae-keung, quoted the NIS as saying Kim is displaying excessive anger and taking irrational measures over the pandemic and its economic impact.Ha said the NIS told lawmakers that North Korea executed a high-profile money changer in Pyongyang last month after holding the person responsible for a falling exchange rate. He quoted the NIS as saying that North Korea also executed a key official in August fo adidas campus 80s r violating government regulations restricting goods brought from abroad. The two people weren t identified by name.North Korea has also banned fishing and salt production at sea to prevent seawater from being infected with the virus, the NIS told lawmakers.There are few ways to independently confirm the reported fishing ban and other information given by the NIS to the lawmakers. Ha didn t say whether the ban applied to all North Korean waters or whether it was still in effect. Kwpf U.S. naval battle group crosses Strait of Hormuz
Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi seen over an image of Osama bin Laden s now-leveled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. CBS/AP CBS News ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has ordered Save the Children s foreign staff members to leave the country within two weeks - a decision apparently taken over the government s suspicions that the global charity facilitated a false vaccination program that may have helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in the northern city of Abbottabad last year. I ca stanley cup n confirm that the Pakistani government has asked our expatriate staff to leave the country within two weeks. Altogether, this decision will affect six of our non Pakistani colleagues , Ghulam Qadri, the group s head of program and planning in Islamabad, told CBS News. Qadri said Pakistan stanley cup i authorities had given his organization no explanation for the expulsion. A senior Pakistani gov stanley mug ernment official who deals with security affairs, however, told CBS News on condition of anonymity that the decision was prompted by, the reluctance of Save the Children to cooperate with the Pakistani government in the case of Doctor Shakil Afridi. Video: New details about bin Laden raid revealedVideo: Panetta says Afridi helped find bin LadenSenate panel cuts Pakistan aid over Afridi convictionAfridi was arrested by Pakistani police and intelligence agencies following the May 2011 raid by a U.S. Navy SEAL team, which ended

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The former deputy director of the CIA regards the group as potentially more threatening than ISIS. The Pentagon says the group was nearing the execution phase of an attack on the U.S. or Europe. And an expert on al Qaeda says they are following bin Laden s vision. U.S., Arab aircraft attack ISIS targets in Syria 02:50 airmaxplus The group is called Khorasan, a collection of al Qaeda veterans who fought in Afghanistan and Pakistan. And while ISIS has been grabbing most of the terror-related headlines in recent months, it is Khorasan that poses potentially more of a threat to the U.S. - which is why it was also targeted air max 1 by American bombs in Syria on Tuesday.Lt. Gen. William Mayville, who directs operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Khorasan Group was nearing the execution phase of an attack either in Europe or the homeland. The general added that it was too early to describe t crocs badelatschen he effects of the eight air strikes against Khorasan. It s unclear whether the group s leader, Muhsin al-Fadhli, or other top operatives were killed. The State Department offered $7 million for information about al-Fadhli in 2012. On Syrian border, strikes seen as too little, too late 02:06 Jmij U.K. Foot-And-Mouth Likely Started In Lab
A bomb ripped through a historic south India mosque Friday, and 13 people were killed mdash; 11 in the blast and two in subsequent clashes between angry Muslim worshippers and security forces, police said.Minutes after the blast at the 17th-century Mecca Masjid, worshippers who were angered by what they said was a lack of police protection began chanting God is great! Some hurled ston stanley becher es at police, who dispersed them with baton charges and tear gas.While the situation at the mosque was quickly brought under control, Muslims later clashed with security forces in at least three parts of Hyderabad, said Mohammed Abdul Basit, police chief of Andhra Pradesh state, where Hyderabad is located. Police fired live ammunition and tear gas to quell the riots, killing two people, he said.The bombing, which killed 11 people and wounded 35, and clashes raised fears of wider Hindu-Muslim violence in the city, which has long been plagued by communal tensions and occasional spasms of inter-religious bloodletting.Many of those injured in the explosion at the Mecca Masjid were severely wounded, and the city s police chief, Balwinder Singh, warned the death toll could rise. Soon after the blast, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh state, where Hyderabad is located, appealed for calm between Hindus and Muslims. This is an intenti stanley thermos onal sabotage on the peace and tranquility of the stat stanley thermobecher e, Reddy said of the bombing. Every sane person has to unequivocally condemn this

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Russia s President Vladimir Putin front and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attend a session of the Council of Heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS in Sochi, Russia, in an October 11, 2017 file photo. MAXIM SHEMETOV/AFP/Getty Moscow mdash;Russian President Vladimir Putin s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that he was hospitalized with a COVID-19 infection, as the number of coronavirus cases across the country continued mounting steadily. Yes, I am sick. I am taking a treatment, Peskov told the Interfax news agency. His wife Tatiana Navka, an Olympic champion figure skater, was also hospitalized chanclas yeezy with the coronavirus.Hospital fire kills 2 COVID patients in yeezy Russian ICU We are under the doctors control. Everything is all right, Navka told the Daily Storm media outlet. She suggested that Peskov might have become infected at work.Peskov told Russian media that his yeezy last personal contact with Putin was more than a month ago. The president had been working remotely from his villa outside Moscow for a few weeks. He appeared in public on Saturday for the first time since isolating himself, to take part in events commemorating the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. On Tuesday, state television showed him holding a one-on-one meeting with Igor Sechin, the head of Russian oil giant Rosneft. The news of Peskov s illness came as Russia s non-working regim Noxc Truce eludes John Kerry as Gaza violence flares
Two rows of men greet demonstrators at the main entrance to Tahrir Square, clapping as people enter, and chanting in the rhythms of a traditional Egyp stanley quencher tian wedding procession. We are becoming bigger! they shout. God is Great! Inside Cairo s main square, musicians stroll, a man reads poetry to the crowd and vendors hawk potato chips, tea, hot food - even socks.Tahrir Square, the scene of deadly battles with firebombs, rocks, horses and camels just last week, has taken on a carnival mood in the past few days as demonstrators try to establish an enduring presence, complete with food and entertainment, in their campaign to demand Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak s ouster.Complete Coverage: Anger in the stanley kubek Arab World After two weeks of instability that pushed the most populous Arab nation to the edge of anarchy, the crisis appears to be settling into at least temporary stasis, with signs of normalcy returning to the capital Monday.A series of government concessions have left the protesters dissatisfied but the scene has remained calm. The Egyptian government pledged Monday to inve cups stanley stigate official corruption and election fraud.Amid singing and prayer, one couple even decided to get married right on the square, reports CBS News correspondent Terry McCarthy. Tahrir has even become somewhat of a tourist attraction for the few foreigners left in Cairo. Fruit vendor Ashraf Gaber, 30, asked people to express themselves in a few words, then wrote their thoughts on pieces of A4 paper

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President Obama c adidas originals donna alled for a review of U.S. assistance to Egypt in the aftermath of Mohammed Morsi s ouster and urged the Egyptian military to quickly restore power back to the people.In a statement released by the White House hours after Egypt s military leaders declared an end to Morsi s term and suspended the con adidas samba stitution, the president said he is deeply concerned by the army s actions.Egypt military: President Morsi ousted, constitution suspendedState Dept. orders diplomats to leave Egypt Given today s developments, I have also directed the relevant departments and agencies to review the implications under U.S. law for our assistance to the Government of Egypt, the statement said. Egyptian military ousts president Morsi 02:23 In the hours leading up to the military s official takeover, the White House maintained a hands-off approach to the Middle East country s chaotic affairs. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters earlier Wednesday the U.S. is not taking sides in this. We ve been very clear, she said in a press conference.But as CBS News yeezy correspondent Chip Reid reported from Washington, remaining neutral has its risks. Critics have accused the president of standing by while Egypt, a key U.S. ally in a turbulent region, descends into disorder. Egypt receives $1.5 Xwmg Dengue fever outbreak strikes Yemen amid fighting
Baghdad residents on Thursday snapped up copies of an Iraqi newspaper with a front-page photo of Saddam Hussein sitting in his jail cell with one of longtime opponents.The deposed dictator is shown just feet from Ahmad Chalabi, a member of Iraq s American-picked Governing Council and once a Pentagon favorite to succeed Saddam.The picture, covering most of the front page of the Al-Moutamar newspaper, which Chalabi publishes, was taken Sunday when Chalabi and three other council members were taken to see the former dictator.In the photo, Saddam is sitting on a floor stanley cup usa leaning against a bare tile wall, stanley cup wearing a white robe and a jacket, while Chalabi sits next to him on a chair, leaning forward as if talking stanley flask to him.The edition disappeared off the newsstands by midday Thursday, with some vendors selling copies for more than double the price. Chalabi s spokesman, Entifadh Qanbar, said even he couldn t find a copy of the paper. Iraqi papers have run the U.S. military s photos of Saddam in custody mdash; but Iraqis are eager for any look at the man who ruled over them for decades.Kadhim Abdel Razek, 57, said he couldn t find a single copy of the paper at many stands because it was sold out. I would pay double price, even more, to see the man closely, he said. I just want to see what he is wearing, what shape he is in to compare it to the picture in my mind. The Central Intelligence Agency is taking the lead role in the interrogation of the deposed Iraqi strongman, which U.S

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GENEVA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that the prospects for a resumption in the Syria peace process are riding on the outcome of their chemical weapons talks.Kerry, flanked by Lavrov and the U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, told reporters at the U.N. in Geneva after an hour-long meeting that the chances for a second peace conference in Geneva will obviously depend on the capacity to have success here ... on the subject of the chemical weapons. President Obama is deeply committed to a negotiated solution with respect to Syria, and we know that Russia is likewise. We are working hard to find common ground to be able to make that happen, said Kerry, who also me crocs hausschuhe t privately with Brahimi at a Geneva hotel on Thursday to exp yeezy slide lore ways to resume international negotiations last held in Geneva in June 2012 aimed at adidas samba donna ending the Syrian civil war.Lavrov said it was very unfortunate that for a long time that the Geneva communique was basically abandoned. Kerry and Lavrov said they would meet again in New York toward the end of the month to try to fix a date for second conference. CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan reports that the tone between the senior diplomats from two of the world s most powerful nations was softer Friday compared to the first day of talks. Lavrov addressed Friday s news conference in English rather than his native Russian, and with both men referred to each other by their first Smra North Korea still enhancing its nuclear programs and evading sanctions, U.N. report says
The United States lifted key sanctions against Pakistan and India imposed over the nations nuclear weapons programs, apparently in appreciation of their help in the fight against terrorism. Saudi Arabia rejected a U.S. request to use its air bases for its military campaign.Pakistan and India on Sunday welcomed the lifting of U.S. sanctions, a move taken by Washington to shore up support i stanley cup n key South Asian nations for President George W. Bush s war against terrorism. Pakistan appreciates the decision and is confident that it will help strengthen the mutually cooperative relationship between our two countries, the Pakistani Foreign Mini stanley cup stry said.Pakistan s assistance is considered key because it borders Afghanistan and has collected extensive intelligence on that country s Taliban rulers.U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday lauded Pakistan s decision to support the U.S. offensiv stanley canada e against bin Laden as courageous and predicted the government of President Pervez Musharraf would remain stable. Powell made his comments on the NBC News broadcast Meet the Press. Pakistan wants to make sure no civilians get killed, a senior official said on Sunday. By cooperating with the United States, we can...ensure there are no civilian casualties, said Tariq Aziz, principal secretary to military ruler President Pervez Musharraf.His remarks underscored the dilemma facing Pakistan after it threw its weight behind the U.S. war of terror to hunt down Osama bin Laden, shelteri

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AU.S. official tells CBS Newspreliminary indications are that it was a Russian aircraft that struck anaid convoy attempting to deliver humanitarian supplies to a rebel-held area, killing some 20 civilians.The U.N. humanitarian aid agency saidit has temporarily suspended all convoys in Syria following the attack on the convoy, plunging the already grim five-year-old Syrian war deeper into uncertainty.The Russians have angrily denied the allegations that they or the Assad regime were responsible. The claims of Russian or Syrianfault began righ salomon mujer t after the strike when opposition andaid groups, including th dunks e Syrian ArabRed Crescent, said it had to have been anair adidas samba adidas craft that hit them.At the same time as it offered denials,the RussianDefense Ministry alsoreleased dronefootage it saysshows that theaid convoy was accompanied by pickup truck of militants with aheavy mortargun. Itrsquo not clear why Russia released the video or if they were suggesting a possible justification for an attack.The footage posted below has not been independently verified. 1042; 1080; 1076; 1077; 1086; 1079; 1072; 1087; 1080; 1089; 1100; 1089; 1041; 1055; 1051; 1040; 1087; 1077; 1088; 1077; 1076; 1074; 1080; 1078; 1077; 1085; 1080; 1103; 1075; 1091; 1084;. 1082; 1086; 1085; 1074; 1086; 1103; 1085; 1072; 1087; 1086; 1076; 1082; 1086; 1085; 1090; 1088; 1086; 1083; 1100; 1085; 1086; 1081; 1073; 1086; 1077; 1074; 1080 Wlsa Iran: U.S. Cannot Afford Another War
The teacher jailed in Sudan for inciting racial hatred appealed for tolerance Friday in a conversation with her son - her first remarks since being jailed for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad. One of the things my mum sa stanley cups id today was that I don t want any resentment towards Muslim people , her son John Gibbons told The Associated Press. She s holding up quite well. Earlier, thousands of Sudanese water bottle stanley , many armed with clubs and knives, rallied Friday in a central square and demanded the execution of a British teacher convicted of insulting Islam for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad. The protesters streamed out of mosques after Friday sermons, as pickup trucks with loudspeakers blared messages against Gillian Gibbons, the teacher who was s stanley cup entenced Thursday to 15 days in prison and deportation.They massed in central Martyrs Square, outside the presidential palace, where hundreds of riot police were deployed, although they did not attempt to stop the rally. Shame, shame on the U.K., protesters chanted.They called for Gibbons execution, saying, No tolerance: Execution, and Kill her, kill her by firing squad. The women s prison where Gibbons is being held is far from the site, as is the Unity High School where she taught, which is under heavy security protection.In response to the protests, Gillian Gibbons was moved from the women s prison near Khartoum to a secret location said her chief lawyer Kamal al-Gizouli shortly after visit

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Near Kherson, Ukraine mdash;Russian forces were still shelling areas near Ukraine s capital Thursday, two days after Moscow said it would scale back its attack there to facilitate peace talks. Ukraine s president told his people Wednesday ni nike dunk high ght that the fight to repel Russia s invasion had reached a turning point, and he asked the U.S. for more weapons and other assistance to turn the tide. In a late-night video address, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cast doubt on Russia s stated decision to drastically reduce attacks around Kyiv and the northeast city of Chernihiv. He said Russian forces were building up in his country s eastern Donbas regions in preparation for a major offensive there. Russia has made it clear that it will shift the focus of its special military operation to Donbas.Russia touts new democratic world order with ChinaU.S. officials believe units that Russia is pulling back from Kyiv will be refitted for use elsewhere in Ukraine, but given the damage sustained by Russian forces during adidas samba adidas the first month of Putin s war, making the equipment battle-ready again could take weeks. air force U.S. intel on Putin and his military as Ukraine war rages on 06:32 A British intelligence chief said Thursday that Russian forces were suffering from shortages of both weapons and morale, leading some t Lsog U.S. moving key vessels nearer North Korea
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsf stanley cup eld is strongly denying reports that the U.S. has plans for a long-term military presence in Iraq. Rumsfeld said stanley cup published reports about the U.S. seeking access to military bases in Iraq are just not so, not so. Rumsfeld insisted the reports ndash; which appeared in Monday s New York Times ndash; are enormously unhelpful, since this conveys an impression that the U.S. is trying to occupy Iraq.Rumsfeld also said there s been no decision of just what sort of footprint the U.S. military will have in the region. But he adds the fact that there will be a free Iraq means there would be a smaller U.S. military presence.He said any final government in Iraq will be decided by the Iraqi people, not the U.S.On the issue of chemical weapons, the defense secretary said the U.S. has inspection teams inside Iraq searching for evidence of weapons of mass destruction. But he declined to confirm a report that a U.S. team had been told Iraqis destroyed and buried chemical weapons and biological warfare equip stanley becher ment days before the beginning of the war. The Times reported Monday that U.S. military planners were hoping to gain permanent access to as many as four military bases inside Iraq.While postwar plans are still in flux, a long-term U.S. presence in Iraq would mirror the permanent stationing of troops in Germany, Japan and South Korea after earlier wars.Like those other bases, officials told the Times the bases in Iraq would be used to project A