SADDAM DENIES PURSUING NUCULAR WEAPONS
No Evidence of Nucular Program in Iraq, Strongman Says
Responding to last nights State of the Union Address in which President George W. Bush repeatedly accused him of attempting to acquire nucular weapons, President Saddam Hussein of Iraq today categorically denied having a nucular weapons program of any kind.
Iraq does not now nor has it ever had a nucular weapons program, Saddam said in a terse official statement. Nor does it have any idea what a nucular weapon is.
At the White House, press secretary Ari Fleischer accused Saddam of using Mr. Bushs pronunciation of nucular to distract attention from Iraqs persistent refusal to disarm.
I think the international community knows that when the President says nucular he means nuclear, Mr. Fleischer said. We challenge Saddam to prove that he does not have any of the weapons that President Bush may have mispronounced last night.
Mr. Bushs State of the Union Address drew support from an unlikely quarter today, as Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter announced that he completely agreed with the Presidents pronunciation of the word nucular.
Back when I was President, I often gave speeches about nucular energy, and everybody always knew what I was talking about, Mr. Carter said. I think people should back off.
In other international pronunciation news, Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain split with President Bush today over his pronunciation of the words tomato and banana.
While Mr. Blair indicated that he and Mr. Bush had a serious difference of opinion about how tomato and banana were pronounced, he said it would in no way affect Britains support of a U.S.-led attack on Iraq.
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No Evidence of Nucular Program in Iraq, Strongman Says
Responding to last nights State of the Union Address in which President George W. Bush repeatedly accused him of attempting to acquire nucular weapons, President Saddam Hussein of Iraq today categorically denied having a nucular weapons program of any kind.
Iraq does not now nor has it ever had a nucular weapons program, Saddam said in a terse official statement. Nor does it have any idea what a nucular weapon is.
At the White House, press secretary Ari Fleischer accused Saddam of using Mr. Bushs pronunciation of nucular to distract attention from Iraqs persistent refusal to disarm.
I think the international community knows that when the President says nucular he means nuclear, Mr. Fleischer said. We challenge Saddam to prove that he does not have any of the weapons that President Bush may have mispronounced last night.
Mr. Bushs State of the Union Address drew support from an unlikely quarter today, as Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter announced that he completely agreed with the Presidents pronunciation of the word nucular.
Back when I was President, I often gave speeches about nucular energy, and everybody always knew what I was talking about, Mr. Carter said. I think people should back off.
In other international pronunciation news, Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain split with President Bush today over his pronunciation of the words tomato and banana.
While Mr. Blair indicated that he and Mr. Bush had a serious difference of opinion about how tomato and banana were pronounced, he said it would in no way affect Britains support of a U.S.-led attack on Iraq.
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