Powell Rejects Notion that U.S. Policy Driven by Jewish Interests

(AP/CNN)- Secretary of State Colin Powell flatly rejected on Thursday any suggestion that the Bush administration's confrontation with Iraq was engineered by Israel or American Jews. Powell told a House appropriations subcommittee that the drive to compel Iraq to disarm stretches back over two administrations and 12 years of UN resolutions. "It is driven by our own national interest," Powell said.


2003-03-13 00:00:00

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