(AP) Washington DC, Wednesday, March 17, 2003,

President George Bush has made an announcement that we will not attack Iraq on March 17th as
previously scheduled. He announced that as of today he wants to give inspections a chance and is
agreeing to additional inspectors to be deployed throughout the country of Iraq. Therefore, he will be sending 250,000 additional inspectors into Iraq.

Among the additional inspectors are: 50,000 members of the 1st Infantry Division, 30,000 members of the 101st Airborne Division, 30,000 members of the Marine Special Amphibious Forces, 5,000 members of the Navy Seals, 5,000 members of the Army Special Forces, 10,000 members of the 4th armored division with their " M1-A1 all terrain vehicles".

Special air deliveries to aid the inspections will be made by aircraft from the USS Constellation, USS George Washington, USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Enterprise.

The President stated: "with these additional inspectors the inspections should be completed in a few weeks".

There were no comments from Hans Blix, or the Security Council members of the United Nations.