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Article: Rogue nations may use cruise missiles, warns Rumsfeld
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 19, 2002
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HOSTILE NATIONS could acquire cruise missiles, whether rudimentary
or sophisticated, to launch attacks on the US or American targets
abroad, Donald Rumsfeld, the US Defence Secretary, warned yesterday.
Mr Rumsfeld alerted the White House to the danger in a memo
several weeks ago, The Washington Post reported yesterday. It
prompted an immediate debate inside the National Security Council on
how the US might react.
Meanwhile, the chief UN weapons inspector, Hans Blix, issued a
veiled criticism of Washington for talking up the military option
instead of pursuing a return to Iraq of his weapons teams.
"If the Iraqis conclude that an invasion by someone is inevitable
then they might conclude ...