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"The British and the American people loudly declared their support for their leaders decision to attack Iraq. It is the duty of Muslims to confront, fight, and kill them."Osama bin Laden, as quoted in various press accounts, December 26, 1998 "Oh sons of Arabs and the Arab Gulf, rebel against the foreigner . . . Take revenge for your dignity, holy places, security, interests, and exalted values."Saddam Hussein, January 5, 1999 THE "LONG SHORT WAR" with Saddam's Iraq, as author Christopher Hitchens has aptly described it, has had many tense moments. Perhaps never more so than in late 1998. Tensions...

America At War: They’ve Killed Innocent Civilians! It’s the opening days of the first war of the new millennium and the images appear on nearly every television screen. Innocent civilians have been viciously killed, attacked by a faceless enemy. The camera pans to a building with its windows blown out by the force of the explosion and a burning car sits nearby. A woman with a weathered face is seen in the foreground crying at the loss of innocent life as the reality of the situation begins to grasp her senses. Innocent people were going about their daily lives when...

Folks, today Tommy Franks had his Last Sit-Down with the President. He's headed off to Qatar. For me, that's a dead giveaway that the "go" order probably has already been given, and that it's up to Franks to choose the date and time. So, assuming that D-Day is going to come as a bolt out of the blue, how are we going to handle this thing? Naturally, we can anticipate a huge load on the servers during the opening hours of the war, which will be punctuated by some poor correspondent on the telly with Dan Rather. He'll be...

  Germany raises stakes against US over Iraq By Hannah Cleaver in Berlin (Filed: 31/08/2002) Germany has further hardened its opposition to a US attack on Iraq, saying it would pull a crucial nuclear, chemical and biological investigation unit out of Kuwait if it took place. The threat to withdraw the Fuchs armoured personnel carrier unit was made as faith waned in the German government that the US administration would consult its allies and heed their concerns before moving against Iraq. Peter Struck, the defence minister, said: "If the danger arises that our soldiers could become involved in a military...