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Article: Powell appeals for backing on Iraq.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- January 26, 2003
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Byline: R.C. Longworth
DAVOS, Switzerland _ On the day before a key U.N. inspectors' report, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell went before the world's political and economic elite in this mile-high Swiss resort Sunday to plead America's case for a possible war on Iraq.
"Multilateralism cannot become an excuse for inaction," Powell told an overflow crowd at the World Economic Forum, where the perceived unilateralism of the Bush administration has taken a beating this past week.
When U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix presents his report to the Security Council on Monday, "there will be no great rush to judgment today or tomorrow," Powell ...