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Lebanon's top Shi'ite cleric said on Thursday U.S. military bases in the Gulf amounted to a new form of occupation and accused Washington of wanting to control the world. "We warn the people of the region that the American military bases represent a real threat to their future and to future generations because its real goal is to control the Gulf, its treasures and wealth after controlling Afghanistan," said Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah in his weekly seminar. "The expected attack on Iraq will not be the ultimate end in this...American project to seize control of the world politically and economically."...