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...deploy troops. Blair says U.K. and U.S. could act against Iraq without a second U.N. resolution. The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency says inspectors need “a few months” to finish their work. Inspectors find chemical weapon warheads unaccounted for in the declaration. Arab nations urge Saddam to leave Iraq. U.S. promises immunity if he goes into exile. Thousands of demonstrators protest potential...
...quickly as possible. The speediest possible elimination of Saddam's regime is driven by concerns ranging from sparing the lives of Americans and Iraqis; maintaining the support of allies, most of whom have lent their support in defiance of domestic public opinion; minimizing the backlash against those in the Arab world that have offered open or discreet support; and minimizing the socio-economic trauma of the war that would complicate efforts to stabilize a post-Saddam Iraq. The plan to drop as many bombs on Iraq in the first 48 hours of the war as were dropped in the entire...
...consequences of war are too overwhelming to remain uninformed and uninvolved. Aside from leading to the deaths of thousands, a conflict in Iraq has the potential to change the face of world politics. Advocates of war claim that it could provide a democratic example in the Arab world that will spread throughout the region. If this is true, it could reduce terrorism in the long run and put an end to the suffering of millions. However, if war in Iraq alienates America’s allies and radicalizes our enemies, we could feel the violent repercussions for decades...
...Racial profiling assumes that people of certain ethnicities are more likely to be terrorists,” says Hana A. Habayeb, president of the Society of Arab Students. “That’s wrong...
...Another serious Arab concern is what Jordan's Queen Rania calls the "hope gap." Apart from fearing the consequences of a new war, Arabs are depressed by their inability to do anything to prevent the American attack. Arab anti-war protests have been notably smaller than those in Western countries, but only because Arab governments have severely curtailed them. Governments in the Arab League, torn by dissension over how strongly to oppose the U.S. plans, couldn't even get it together this week to send a promised peace mission to Baghdad...