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Bush Told Koizumi 'Swift' Iraq Attack is 'Definite'

STAFF | Mainichi Daily News | June 9, 2002

"US President George W. Bush told Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of his intention to attack Iraq when the two met in Tokyo in February. Bush did not refer to any specific date but said twice, 'It would be swift.' "

TOKYO — US President George W. Bush told Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of his intention to attack Iraq when the two met in Tokyo in February. Bush did not refer to any specific date but said twice, "It would be swift."

"We'll attack Iraq. We'll do it definitely," Bush told Koizumi.

Koizumi told Bush that Japan is always on the side of the United States in its war against terrorism, and Washington took Koizumi's statement as Japan's support for a future US raid on Iraq. The Japanese government officially said that Bush had told Koizumi that he did not rule out any possible operations regarding Iraq.

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