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Iraq ambassador says palaces are open Warren P. Strobel and Joyce M. Davis Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) WASHINGTON — of a U ed Mohammed ambassador, dad is willing to unfettered access idential sites” — compounds If Contradi by others said that i leader Saddam Hussein for which " ink that we will l iat question/* j we can t I-lves with the tm to have 1 access to presidential sites." | recent statements , Aldouri also may accept a | Security Coun >n thatfs expected to set for eliminating its sus emical, biological, nu irand missile programs. “We are not rejecting any resolu yjs of the Security Council,” the i diplomat said on the ABC s program “This Week.” “We Will see these resolutions. First of to have this resolution in our hand, and after that, we can con However, Aldouri’s remarks are unlikely to satisfy the Bush admin istration, which accuses Iraq of re state Department spokesman Richard Boucher called it “pretty typical Iraqi behavior.. Whenever they’re faced with a determined front, they start backpedaling.” Aldouri’s remarks come as diplo matic pressure mounts on Bagh dad, and as President George W. Bush prepares to deliver an ad HA rn l?PlT 1/itrt prove pivotal on other fronts. The United States on Sunday ap peared to be moving closer to gain ing allies’ agreement to the new U.N. Security Council resolution. France and Russia have balked at a U.S. proposal that would authorize military strikes on Iraq if Baghdad fails to meet the U.N.'s terms. France has proposed a two-step process in which a second resolu tion authorizing force would have to be approved. © 2002, Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Serv iees. ......... . News briefs Poll finds Americans worried about jobs A majority of Americans say that the nation's economy is in its worst shape in nearly a decade and that President Bush and congressional leaders are spending too much time talking about Iraq while neglecting problems at home, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. The poll found signs of economic distress that cut across party and geographic lines. Nearly half of all Americans are worried that they or someone in their household will be out of a job within a year. The number of Americans who said they believe the economy is worse than it was just two years ago has increased markedly since the summer. The number of Americans who approve of the way Bush has handled the economy — 41 percent — is at the lowest level of his presi notf witi dencv. And many people said they \$&rry that a war in Iraq — which most Americans view as inevitable — would disrupt an already unset tled economy. The poll found that despite the emphasis by Bush since Labor Day oil the need to move against Sad dam Hussein, support for such a ~ d appreciably ile most led Bush's the senti th reserva prehension ercussions. |they feared a long hat could spread e East and encour rrorist attacks in the ates. They said they do :t the United States to act support from allies and do nt the United States to act TIN. weapons inspectors have had an opportunity to enter Iraq. camp, mcnt tions | aboui and not Adam Nagoumey and Janet Elder, New York Times tor in the South Vanuatu and tralia. Its Denmark and its software KaZaA's still control ogy, are Netherlands ment lawyers tve them charged with violating U.S. copy right law have been unable to find them. What KaZaA has in the United States are users — millions of them — downloading copyrighted music, television shows and movies 24 hours a day. 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