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Speaking on the ABC program, Abdul Amir al-Anbari, Iraq 's ambassador to the U.N. , asserted that an embargo on Iraq could plunge the U.S. into a " depression " and the rest of the world into an economic " crisis ."

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And Robert Gates, Mr. Bush's deputy national security adviser , asserted in an interview on the Cable News Network that Iraqi troops have set fire to "large sections" of Kuwait City .