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Bush Says Saddam Hussein 'Must Be Stopped'
Thursday, September 26, 2002
By Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service

Iraq has responded to Security Council resolutions with "defiance, bad faith and deception," for more than a decade, Bush said. "We know that the Iraqi regime is led by a dangerous and brutal man. We know he's actively seeking the destructive technologies to match his hatred." The Iraqi regime also has "long-standing and continuing ties to terrorist organizations, and there are al Qaeda terrorists inside Iraq," he said. "Each passing day could be the one on which the Iraqi regime gives anthrax or VX nerve gas -- or some day, a nuclear weapon -- to a terrorist ally."

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
Saddam Hussein "must be stopped" before he has the means to terrorize and dominate the region and to threaten the United States, its friends and allies, President Bush said today.

"The dangers we face will only worsen from month to month and from year to year. To ignore these threats is to encourage them," Bush said after a bipartisan congressional meeting at the White House.

The United States refuses to "live in a future of fear," the president said. "We're determined to build a future of security. All of us long for peace, peace for ourselves, peace for the world.

Passing a strong U.N. Security Council resolution, Bush said, would send a clear message to the world and to the Iraqi regime that the demands of the U.N. Security Council must be met. "The Iraqi dictator must be disarmed," he said. "These requirements will be met, or they will be enforced."
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