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Titolo: Bush 'threatened retaliation' against countries that refused to back Iraq war

Bush 'threatened retaliation' against countries that refused to back Iraq
war
By Agence France Presse (AFP) 
Thursday, September 27, 2007
 
MADRID: US President George W. Bush threatened nations with retaliation if
they did not vote for a UN resolution backing the Iraq war, according to a
transcript published Wednesday of a conversation he had with then-Spanish
Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar. In the transcript of a meeting on
February 22, 2003 - a month before the US-led invasion of Iraq - published
in the El Pais daily, Bush tells Aznar that nations like Mexico, Angola,
Chile and Cameroon must know that the security of the US is at stake.
During the meeting on his ranch in Texas, Bush says that Angola stood to
lose financial aid while Chile could see a free-trade agreement held up in
the US Senate if they did not back the resolution, the left-wing paper
said.
The confidential transcript was prepared by Spain's ambassador to the US
at the time, Javier Ruperez, the paper said.
Prior to the US-led invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003, Washington
unsuccessfully lobbied the 15 members of the UN Security Council for a
second resolution paving the way for military action against Iraq if
Saddam Hussein failed to comply with demands to disarm.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb
 
But during the meeting with Aznar, Bush made it clear the US would invade
Iraq by the end of March 2003 whether or not there was a UN resolution to
authorize it, El Pais reported.
"We have to get rid of Saddam. There are two weeks left. In two weeks we
will be ready militarily. We will be in Baghdad at the end of March," Bush
said in the transcript translated into Spanish by the newspaper.
Victory would come "without destruction," he added.
The meeting between Aznar and Bush came just days after a massive protest
in Madrid by over a million people against the invasion, which Aznar's
conservative government backed.
Aznar tells Bush in the transcript that he needed Washington's help to get
Spanish public opinion behind the invasion. He adds that he is worried by
Bush's optimism.
"I am optimistic because I believe I am right. I am at peace with myself,"
the US president responded. - AFP
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 Chile and Cameroon must know that the security of the US is at stake.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR2007092601024.html
Bush thought Saddam was prepared to flee: report
By Jason Webb
Reuters
Wednesday, September 26, 2007; 12:07 PM
MADRID (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein was prepared to take $1 billion and
go into exile before the Iraq war, according to a transcript of talks
between U.S. President George W. Bush and an ally, Spanish newspaper
El Pais reported on Wednesday.
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 nemico che fugge, ponti d'oro.
Era la cosa più ragionevole.
Ed era quanto si sforzò, nel suo piccolo, di portare avanti Pannella.
Ma poi ci hanno pensato i "realisti".
Tb
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  Pannella
ROTFL!!!!!!!! quel cretino che fa digiuni con cappuccini e cornetti?
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