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U.N. panel OKs new Iraq resolution 
The Security Council unanimously approved a tough new Iraq resolution today, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences" that would almost certainly mean war.[more]
 
A Post-War Disaster in IraqBy Ted Rall
 
When George W. Bush wanted the Taliban out, he issued an ultimatum: give up Osama or face the consequences. 
Mullah Omar and his grim band of Islamist yahoos were fearsome literalists; in a now-forgotten last-ditch attempt to keep their jobs, they offered to turn over bin Laden. But Bush didn't really want bin Laden -- he wanted the Taliban gone. Days later, bombs began raining on Afghanistan. 
Bush's ultimatums are, in fact, merely eviction notices.[more]
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