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Headlines for October 16, 2002
Iraqis Re-elect Saddam
According to Izzat Ibrahim, vice chairman of the Revolutionary Command
Council, every single one of Iraq's 11,445,638 elligible voters cast a
ballot in the country's recent referendum. Current President Saddam Hussein
was re-elected carrying 100% of the vote, since he was the sole candidate
on the ballot.
The White House quickly dismissed the vote, because, for there to have
been a full voter turn-out, Iraq would have had to collect ballots from
those who live in the remote corners of its vast desert landscape.
"Obviously, it's not a very serious day, not a very serious vote
and nobody places any credibility on it," said press secretary Ari
Fleischer of the elections.
Read more at CNN.com.
North Korea working on an atomic bomb?
The White House confirmed tonight an earlier statement by the North Korean
government that they have underway an enriched uranium production program.
In the White House statement, the belief was expressed that this could
only mean one thing, that the North Koreans intended to use the material
in a nuclear weapon. According to an unnamed source, Pyongyang no longer
thinks that they are to be held to the provisions of an anti-nuclear agreement
signed during the Clinton administration.
Read more at MSNBC.com.
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