Signs of things to come

[Hubie]

Reporting points from various news sources gathered in the last 12-hrs.


Rove cancels March 12th trip to NH
02/27/2003

Rove cancels trip to NH...

Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's chief political advisor, was scheduled to speak at the Hillsborough and Merrimack County Lincoln Day Dinner on March 12th. PoliticsNH.com has learned Rove has told the county committees he will be unable to attend.



PENTAGON TELLS NEW NETWORKS TO LEAVE BAGHDAD
CNN's Pentagon Correspondent Jamie Macintyre reported earlier that the News Networks have been told to get their people out of Baghdad as soon as possible. They may not get another warning. Unnamed source said it will be much more dangerous this time than it was in 1991.

 

[Hubie]

Franks Arrives at Gulf HQ for Possible Iraq War
| 2/25/03

DOHA, Qatar (Reuters) - United States Army General Tommy Franks arrived in the Gulf state of Qatar Tuesday to take charge of the Central Command forward headquarters from which he would direct an invasion of Iraq, if so ordered by Washington.
Franks was greeted by senior officers at Camp As Sayliyah, outside the capital city of Doha, where his computerized mobile headquarters was set up six months ago and tested in a still-classified war exercise last December.
At Central Command's permanent headquarters in Florida, officers indicated Franks would be staying on in Qatar from now until the Iraq crisis was over.
The general is expected Wednesday to meet visiting British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon. Britain has pledged to put more than 30,000 British troops under U.S. command if an invasion of Iraq is launched.