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■TIMES-ONLINE 　 November 07, 2002


In New York, Mr Bush’s victory also looked set to clinch UN approval for a tough new inspections regime in Iraq. “The elections will strengthen the President’s hand in trying to move the international community. He got a historic, resounding endorsement,” Nancy Soderberge, a senior member of President Clinton’s National Security Council, said.

“It sends a strong message to Saddam that President Bush has got support. It could send a message that the game’s up. The Russians, the French and the Arabs will tell Iraq there are no checks and balances on President Bush.”

Diplomats expect the resolution to be approved overwhelmingly by tomorrow night with at least 12 and possibly 14 of the 15 Security Council members voting in favour with only Syria holding out.

Six changes for Britain and the world
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4 Congress will award the President increased authority to pursue the War on Terror as he sees fit. Attacks of the sort that occurred in Yemen this week may become commonplace around the world.

5 Mr Bush now has a domestic mandate to deal with Iraq as he wishes. If Saddam Hussein engages in even the most limited obstruction of UN weapons inspectors then the US, with Britain in tow, will move quickly towards military action.

6 If the President wants to return to the Middle East peace process he can do so with fewer domestic constraints. In practice, any new American blueprint will await the result of elections in Israel and a clear outcome of the Iraq conflict.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-472167,00.html