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Newsweek: Iraq Not Likely to Be Next Target by U.S. Military, Officials Say; Facilities
in Somalia, Philippines May Be Next


NEWSWEEK
In Newsweek's December 3 issue (on newsstands Monday, November 26), President
George and Laura Bush talk about September 11 and the war in Afghanistan, in their
first interview since the attacks. Newsweek reconstructs the final minutes of Flight 93,
as passengers tried to overpower their hijackers, with new information provided by
informed sources who described in detail the words and sounds on the cockpit voice
recorder. Plus: the military effort, and Hollywood's push for war movies.
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NEW YORK, NY USA 11/25/2001





NEW YORK, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Well-placed U.S. officials tell Newsweek
that Iraq's Saddam Hussein is not likely to feel the full wrath of America's
military power any time soon. More likely to be targeted next in the terror
campaign are facilities in Somalia or even the Philippines, reports National
Security Correspondent John Barry in the December 3 issue of Newsweek (on
newsstands Monday, November 26).
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011125/HSSA007 )
The Navy has been running reconnaissance flights over Somalia, where it is
believed Al Qaeda may have at least one training camp. And the United States
already has a handful of Special Forces in the Philippines that are attempting
to help President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's government fight the
Al Qaeda-backed insurgency there.
Unquestionably, say senior U.S. officials, there is a debate inside the
Bush administration about how to deal with Saddam, but no final decision has
been reached. "Everyone is agreed that Saddam Hussein poses a threat ... and
that the U.S. should take more decisive action," says one source. "The
question is, what action? The more you study the problem, the tougher it
looks."
One obstacle, writes Barry, is casting Saddam as a terrorist, as there is
no hard evidence of ties between the aggressively secular Saddam and the
Islamic fanatic Osama bin Laden, officials say. For now, the weight of opinion
inside the administration is that "coercive diplomacy" aimed at trying to get
U.N. inspectors back inside Iraq is the best first step.


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