- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
U.S. war on terrorism will likely cause more casualties at home than among
troops overseas, Vice President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday.
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- In a rare outing from the secret, secure location where
he has been living for much of the past six weeks, Cheney said the Sept.
11 hijacked plane attacks on New York and Washington had put the nation
``on notice that the enemy is resourceful and ruthless. We have to assume
there will be more attacks.''
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- ``In this conflict, for the first time in our history,
we will probably suffer more casualties here at home than will our forces
overseas,'' Cheney said.
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- Some 5,000 people were killed on Sept. 11 and three others
have since died of anthrax poisoning from tainted letters sent through
the postal system to media companies and the heart of the U.S. government.
Two U.S. soldiers supporting the bombing campaign in Afghanistan have been
killed so far.
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- Cheney was addressing the International Republican Institute
which awarded him and his wife Lynne the 2001 Freedom Award at a Washington
hotel
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- ``It's nice to get out and about,'' he quipped of his
unusual public appearance. ``Capitol Hill is much nicer than our cave.''
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- Details about Cheney's whereabouts and activities have
been closely guarded since the attacks in an extra measure of precaution
to protect the constitutional line of succession to the presidency.
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- Cheney said the U.S.-led campaign against the suspected
perpetrators of the Sept 11. attacks was ``proceeding on course.''
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- ``Terrorists and their supporters are for the first time
beginning to worry about their own safety...They are being swept up in
a world wide roundup that is operating 24 hours a day.
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- ``We have clearly disrupted their operations and no doubt
prevented some planned attacks,'' he said, adding that the finances of
the al Qaeda organization were being untangled and training camps in Afghanistan
and Taliban command and control centers had been struck.
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- Cheney said the war would only end with the ``complete
and permanent destruction'' of al Qaeda and similar groups.
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- ``A group like al Qaeda cannot be deterred or placated
or reasoned with at a conference table. For this reason, the war against
terror will not end in a treaty. There will be no summit meeting or negotiations
with terrorists,'' Cheney said. ___
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- Comment
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- From Francois (Canada) 10-24-1
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- Of course you will, because it's the US gov't or black
ops that are doing this! So, they'll make sure you guys are good and terrorized
so that you'll go along with ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING that they propose!
Look at what they just pulled in Canada - total fascism - total 100% fait
acomplit, without even so much as a letter bomb or pipe bomb going off.
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