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      mission to investigate killing of 19 Palestinians in Temple Mount incident on October 8.
      (New York Times, October 25, p. A12.)

         Congressional leaders reserve the right to reconvene Congress in the event the Bush
      Administration decides to go to war against Iraq during the upcoming Congressional
      recess. (New York Times, October 25, p. A12.)

         A senior Saudi official says that Iraq has increased its forces in southern Iraq and
      Kuwait to as many as 500,000 soldiers as well as hundreds of anti-aircraft missiles and
      several thousand armored units. (New York Times, October 25, p. A12.)

OCtOb~f~~2~5~~scj~y~~ Stating that "We are not in the point yet where we want to stop adding

      forces" and "it is conceivable that 100,000 more troops could be sent to reinforce the
      240,000 U.S. military personnel already   the Region or on their way,"      Secretary of
      Defense Cheney offered no timetable and set no ceiling for the build up.      Cheney's
      statements were made amid increased rhetoric by the Administration concerning Iraq's
      threat to Middle East stability. (Providence Journal, October 26, p. A-i.)

         CIA Director William H. Webster states that the Administration has no real
      confidence that the area will ever be secure as long as Saddam Hussein is still there and
      is in control of his weapons of destruction. (me Providence Journal, October 26, p. A8.)

         Secretary of State Baker testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week
      that President Bush:

          1   Does not want to seek formal Congressional approval before taking military
              action in the gulf

          2. Or set up a structure for keeping key Congressional leaders regularly apprised of
              military developments while Congress is adjourned.

      "We don't know what's going to happen," Mr. Baker said, offering uncertainties in lieu
      of explanations, "This man (Saddam Hussein) is extremely unpredictable."        (Atlanta
      Constitution, October 25, p. 20.)

         The Soviet Union tells nonaligned U.N. Security Council members that it does not
      believe that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is interested in a negotiated solution to the
      Persian Gulf crisis.  (New York Times, October 26, p. 11.)

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