12/20/1994
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"This American action was taken based on the self-defense provisions of Article 51 of the U.N. Charter."
"Don't tread on us."
"We could not and have not let such action against our Nation go unanswered."
"He concluded that there was a real and present danger; that if we failed to act and to act now, the Iraqis might continue attempting such acts of state-sponsored terrorism."