Bush gets his wish- U.N. demands that Iraq disarms

Saturday, November 9, 2002

WASHINGTON -- It took eight weeks of arm-twisting and some concessions, but President Bush got what he wanted -- a showdown with Saddam Hussein and the threat of war to strip Iraq of its weapons.

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