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Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has appealed to the Kuwaiti people to support Baghdad against what he called infidel forces. In a televised address read by Information Minister Mohamed Said Sahaf, the Iraqi leader said both Iraq and Kuwait had been victims of the Gulf War in 1991. But he accused the leadership of Kuwait of conspiring “hand in hand” with those who were preparing to attack Iraq, and urged Kuwaitis to join the fight against this. Saddam Hussein also apologised to the Kuwaitis for what he termed acts that had caused anger in the past, saying he wanted to set...

TEHRAN - In an unprecedented measure in the history of international relations, President George W. Bush appointed Zalamy Khlalizad as his plenipotential envoy and coordinator for the post-Sadddam Iraqi affairs.The move shows that the overthrow of the Saddam government is one of the objectives of the United States to be fulfilled in the next few months. The decision has in fact been taken regardless of the outcome of the investigations of the UN inspectors in Iraq, the Iraqi treatment of the UN inspection team, and the tactical maneuvers of Iraqi generals with respect to the probable future democratic measures inside...