(AP) Washington DC, Wednesday, March 17, 2003, 11:00 AM
<br>President George Bush has made an announcement that we will not
<br>attack Iraq on March 17th as previously scheduled. He announced that as of
<br>today, he wants to give inspections a chance and is agreeing to
<br>additional inspectors to be deployed throughout the country of Iraq.
<br>Therefore, he will be sending 250,000 additional inspectors into Iraq.
<br>Among the additional inspectors are:
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<br>50,000 members of the 1st Infantry Division
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<br>30,000 members of the 101st Airborne Division
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<br>30,000 members of the Marine Special Amphibious Forces
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<br>5,000 members of the Navy Seals
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<br>5,000 members of the Army Special Forces
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<br>10,000 members of the 4th armored division with their " M1-A1 all
<br>terrain vehicles"
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<br>Special air deliveries to aid the inspections will be made by aircraft
<br>from the USS Constellation, USS George Washington, USS Abraham
<br>Lincoln, and USS Enterprise.
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<br>The President stated: "with these additional inspectors the
<br>inspections should be completed in a few weeks".
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<br>There were no comments from Hans Blix, or the Security Council
<br>members of the United Nations
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<br><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by [LoD]Torak on 03/20/03 05:42 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
