Sydney Morning Herald [Australia]

01/19/05

In an echo of President George W Bush's 'axis of evil,' Condoleezza Rice today named Cuba, Burma, Belarus and Zimbabwe as 'outposts of tyranny' requiring close US attention. Early in Bush's first term, he listed Iraq, Iran and North Korea as part of an 'axis of evil' in the post-September 11 era -- the United States later invaded Iraq, ousting longtime dictator Saddam Hussein. 'To be sure, in our world there remain outposts of tyranny and America stands with oppressed people on every continent ... in Cuba, and Burma, and North Korea, and Iran, and Belarus, and Zimbabwe,' Rice told a Senate committee considering her nomination to succeed Colin Powell as secretary of state...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp