Bush sets 48 hour deadline for Saddam exile to avert war
President Bush declares the United States will attack Iraq unless Saddam Hussein flees within 48 hours, warning of possible terrorist retaliation and urging disarmament or exile. He vows Saddam cannot keep power by disarmament and says the day of liberation is near, while critics call the diplomacy a failure.
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Bush
Saddam
Iraq
Washington
United States
Saddam Hussein
U.N
Senate
Democratic
Tom Daschle
White House
U.S
White
Persian Gulf
Local Odessa Families Discuss Sons in U S Military
Odessa families describe sons and daughters now serving in the U S military amid rising tensions with Iraq. Navy airman Christopher Hays at Tinker AFB Oklahoma City is activated after recent training. Army Sp4 Charles Watkins, 23, deployed with an Abrams crew in Germany expects orders near end of April. Marines Lance Cpl Eduardo Hernandez Jr., 19, serves in the Persian Gulf amid questions about weapons evidence and wartime purpose.
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Odessa
Iraq
Homer Hays
Christopher Wayne Hays
Navy
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Hays
Gayle Watkins
Army
Sp4
Charles Watkins
Freidburg
Germany
Leslie
Tatum
Todd
Tristan
Eduardo
Frances Hernandez
Oid
Eduardo Hernandez Jr
U.S. Marines Corps
Persian Gulf
Charles
Midland unit trains troops to seize oil refineries
At a remote eight acre site between Odessa and Midland the Army’s 4th Infantry Division trained for the Iraq mission turning to NATCO Group Inc a Houston based oilfield firm for refinery control and fire safe shutdown guidance Lt Col Doug McNeese noted the new capability filled a gap in mine and booby trap clearance operations as engineers prepared for securing oilfields and reducing explosion risk with expert help from NATCO officials.
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Odessa
Midland
Iraq
Army
4Th Infantry Division
Fort Hood
Texas
Natco Group Inc
Far
Midland County
Doug McNeese
4Th Division
299Th Combat Engineers
Sign firm ruptures Atmos gas line near Midland airport
A sign company drilling for a Texas Department of Transportation project ruptured a natural gas line owned by Atmos Energy near the Midland International Airport area. Traffic was diverted for over three hours while crews repaired the main, with Desert Springs residents losing gas service briefly but no injuries reported. Airport operations were said to be unaffected.
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Rotan
Texas Department of Transportation
Glen Sarum
Txdot
South Loop 40
FM 1788
Atmos Energy
Dan Alderson
Atmos
Desert Springs
Alderson
Larum
Highway 80
North Loop 40
Doug Clohessy
MIA
Inci
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White House Cross
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Palm Dale
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Curtis Owen
Columbus
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U.S. Military
Gary Payne
B.R. Duke
NATCO
Paul Zoellerodessa
Natco Group
Clohessy
Chito Ramirez
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