Bush To Rally Support For War Effort

08/05/2001| IslamWeb

WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - President Bush next week will launch an offensive to rally support for the U.S.-led war on terrorism, with major addresses to U.S. and foreign audiences and meetings with key allies, the White House said on Thursday.
U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice told a news conference Bush will make a national address on ``homeland defense and security'' and meet the leaders of Britain, France, India, Brazil, Ireland and Algeria.
He is to give another speech on financial efforts to shut down terrorism networks and address via satellite an audience in Warsaw, Poland, to discuss the importance of the international coalition he has assembled, Rice said. Finally, he is to make his first speech to the U.N. General Assembly a week from Saturday.
The public relations blitz comes as the Bush administration faces criticism over its handling of an anthrax outbreak and its warnings to the public of potential new attacks, and questions abroad over civilian deaths in the bombing of Afghanistan. (Read photo caption belwo)
The audience in Warsaw will consist of representatives of central European states assembled by the Polish government to discuss ways they can help the coalition.
On the home front, the Bush administration is struggling to contain an outbreak of the germ warfare agent anthrax that has killed four people and spread fear across the nation.
PHOTO CAPTION:
Two U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornets from the 'Fighting Redcocks' of Strike Fighter Squadron Two (VFA-22) receive fuel from a British Royal Air Force VC-10 tankerOctober31, 2001. VFA-22 is assigned to Carrier Airwing Eleven (CVW 11) aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (Steve Lightstone-U.S. Navy/Reuters )