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Foreign Minister of Iraq Hoshyar Zebari told the Sunday Telegraph of London that his government has gathered information from intelligence services showing support by some neighboring countries to the insurgents. Although Zebari did not mention Syria by name, other high ranking officials in the news Iraqi government pointed the fingers at Syria and Iran as the countries that are the most to blame for training and funding foreign elements in Iraq to disrupt the countries move towards democracy. Baghdad also believed that up to 10,000 foreign spies and undercover agents have infiltrated the country since last years war, the newspaper...

<p>Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has appealed to all nations to follow his country's example and eliminate all weapons of mass destruction.</p> <p>"This is a true opportunity for real historic peace," Gadhafi told journalists in Brussels Tuesday during his first official visit to Europe in more than 15 years.</p>

President Bush's drop-in to Baghdad for American Thanksgiving has been rightly reported as a propaganda stunt -- a good one, building morale among beleaguered and homesick U.S. forces, and giving America itself a self-confident boost. But his principal accomplishment during the two-and-a-half hours he was on the ground has gone mostly below radar. In a brief meeting with four senior and representative members of the provisional Iraqi Governing Council, he seems to have broken a logjam. The problem for the U.S. is to be able to hand over full sovereign power to an elected Iraqi government by July 1st of...

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The Central Intelligence Agency has been in contact with Senior Iranian Military personnel for several years and are to have believed to have developed a number of highly valuable operations to undermine Iran's defenses. Aware of the United States Intelligence agency's success in 'turning' large numbers of key Iraqi commanders, [in the Second Gulf War] the Iranian Government has quietly contemplated a mass purge of the possibly 'infected' Army High Command and Senior Field Officers.This would of course still suit the Pentagon as it would severly disrupt Iran's war planning, the command structure and the likely performance of its units...

SANAA, April 11 (KUNA) -- Some Yemenis who had sentiments of admiration for the deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, now have different feelings toward the man, whose statues were downed and his posters were beaten with shoes in public places in the Iraqi war-stricken capital Baghdad. Saeed Abdullah, 40, who manages a popular cafe in the heart of the Yemeni capital, said the sudden disappearance of Saddam has become the main topic of daily debates among his customers, and protested that these discussions often heat up and turn into quarrels. Hamdi Ahmad, a government employee, said, "our sentiments toward...

Friday » April 11 » 2003 Baghdad falls The new American era of peace through power Robert Fulford National Post National Post columnist Robert Fulford explains how the war in Iraq marks a turning point in world history. - - - A monstrous bronze version of Saddam Hussein, its elephantine arm outstretched, towered above Paradise Square in the core of Baghdad, one of the hundreds of self-glorifying symbols that he installed in his capital and across the country to tell the world that he was omnipresent as well as all-powerful, the only man of consequence in the Republic of Iraq....

ROME (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday warned countries it has accused of pursuing weapons of mass destruction, including Iran, Syria and North Korea (news - web sites), to "draw the appropriate lesson from Iraq (news - web sites)." John R. Bolton, U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, also appealed to Syria and other countries in the Middle East to open themselves up to "new possibilities" for peace in the region. "With respect to the issue of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the post-conflict period, we are hopeful that a number of...

You cannot win a war if you do not fight, and you cannot win a peace through inattention. In peace and war, the American response to the violent extremism that so damages the Islamic world has been as halting and reactive as it has been reluctant. We simply do not want to get involved more deeply than “necessary.” But Muslim extremists are determined to remain involved with us. We are not at war with Islam. But the most radical elements within the Muslim world are convinced that they are at war with us. Our fight is with the few, but...

<p>Jidda, Saudi Arabia -- Prompted by the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, a cautious debate has begun in Saudi Arabia's closed society over intolerance toward non-Muslims and attitudes toward the West that are now viewed by some as inspiring unacceptable violence.</p>

THE removal of President Saddam Hussein would open Iraqs rich new oilfields to Western bidders and bring the prospect of lessening dependence on Saudi oil. No other country offers such untapped oilfields whose exploitation could lessen tensions over the Western presence in Saudi Arabia. After Kuwait's liberation by US-led forces in 1991, America monopolised the postwar deals, but the need to win international support for an invasion is unlikely to see a repeat. Russia, in particular, and France and China all permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have high hopes of prising promises of contracts in a liberated...

Poverty and a failure of leadership have brought Palestinian doubts over their corrupt authority out into the open, reports Patrick Bishop in GazaPresident George W Bush's call for changes in the Palestinian leadership appears to have intensified an internal debate about the performance of Yasser Arafat and emboldened dissenters to air their views in public.Critics of the move maintained that the American intervention would result in a surge of support for the veteran leader.But in Gaza yesterday, Palestinians spoke frankly about the corruption and inefficiency of Mr Arafat's rule. There was also censure of his handling of relations with Israel,...

<p>AL-UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — If President Bush ordered air strikes on Iraq, this vast, remote and little-publicized base in the central Persian Gulf would be a critical hub for U.S. warplanes and their aerial pipeline of bombs and supplies.</p>

Right on the eve of Independence Day, a rather unexpected event has occured: Russian companies started direct oil supplies to the USA. Very few people believed that it would happen indeed. Beginning of the oil supplies is very important from both political and economic points of view. First, Washington demonstrates its interest in a close partnership with Russia not only fixed in documents, but in practice first of all. Russia’s Astro Lupus oil tanker will be met by US Deputy Energy Minister Michael Smith and US Congress members Nicolas Lampson and Ken Bentsen. This fact demonstrates the importance of the...

Bush Throws Gauntlet at Saudis With Middle East Plan 25 June 2002 Summary The Bush administration's new Middle East peace plan will allow the United States to pursue its primary mission: hunting al Qaeda in the Gulf states. However, it will also strengthen Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and widen the split with the Saudis, who will be forced to seek closer ties with Iran and Iraq. Analysis U.S. President George W. Bush threw down the gauntlet June 24, when he outlined the new U.S. plan for peace in the Middle East and specifically set the terms for dealing with the...

<p>Thirty years ago, California taught America how to campaign on TV. The election of young, handsome John Tunney to the U.S. Senate even inspired a movie, "The Candidate," starring Robert Redford.</p> <p>On Tuesday, a California campaign again showed the ferocious firepower of TV advertising. An endangered governor, Gray Davis, used it to kill his most feared Republican challenger in the guy's political crib.</p>