Show A6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday March 14 2003 Bush 'ifj 56- Awarinbaq President Saddam Hussein exulted in the diplomatic tumult over a backed resolution that would demand that Iraq disarm by Monday The allies “have lost the round before it starts while we along with powers in the world have won it" the popular daily Babil owned by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s son Odai said in a front-pag- e editorial Bush spent a fourth day on the telephone consulting' leaders of Britain Bulgaria South Korea Poland El Salvador and Norway The US diplomatic drive ' was centered on Chile and Mexico both members of the UN Security Council a senior administration official said Their support would ensure the United States of the minimum nine votes need for adoption of the resolution But France's threat to veto is taken seriously and the administration may decide not to give France the chance by withdrawing the resolution the official said on condition of anonymity Bush was ready to drop the resolution several aides said if British Prime Minister Tony Blair didn't want it put to a vote The president has pushed for a UN vote thus far out of respect for Blair whose support of Bush has drawn severe criticism in Britain Trouble loomed at every diplomatic turn Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahem visiting Bush at the White House said “If there is not a resolution Ireland can- not engage in support of mili tary action because we work under the UN resolution” Bush sent a letter to incom- ing Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vice President Dick Cheney called the leader in hopes of securing permission to invade Iraq through Turkey Hours later' Navy ships armed with Tomahawk missiles were told to move out of the Mediterranean into the Red Sea a move that indicates weakening US confidence that Turkey will grant overflight rights for US: planes and mis' siles In Baghdad the Iraqi government rejected a British compromise plan that would list six disarmament require- ments Baghdad would have to meet or else face “serious consequences "Bush had signaled he would be willing to push back the March 17 deadline seven or 10 days if the gesture would help Blair Russia said it would consider the plan China said it doubted the plan could lead to American bombs Archaeologists have met with Pentagon and State Department officials to help identify important sites in an effort to ed Nineveh CteMphon Credte of Assyrian tings tor 2£0b yeaisunH tie 7th century BC when Us leaders led an unsuoosasMatoge of Jsiusslsm Hi dsM proved to be the end for the okM and moat populous cly of the Assyrian Empire R is among tie world's 100 most endangered archaeological sHss acoordng to the World Monuments Watch " Ruined ancient cRy h what is now auburtanBaKtsl RSae once a oantsr of Christianity untl 637 when I ms taken by Arabs who renamed R aj Madain The workfa widest single-spa- n arch of unrehfoibsd hrirtrwnfkrenialne hare During tie 1901 duVWvravarberalkxie from bomba caused cracks in the structure Area of land wt spawned the eariieat cuRure known to mart It atratchee between desert and mountains from the Persian Guf to the Nile Saving (hatmeane widely regarded as toe cradle of M QVWZaDOri Hanging gardens Ziggurat at Ur One of the Seven Wonders of the World this site ie located on the east bank of the Euphrates ’ River south of Baghdad No one knows what these ancient gardens really looked like The modem reconstruction has been criticized as inaccurate and touristy The most preserved of all ziggurats or temples lies in what was once Mesopotamia It was buiR between 2113 BC - 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