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...order, some police officers went back to work in Baghdad, but all was not quiet there or in other cities. Those police officers were all products of the old regime, and many Iraqis were reluctant to accept them as arbiters of the new. In Kirkuk, says Ahmad Shakir, an Arab teacher from the Qadissiya district, Kurdish children with rocket-propelled grenades were going from house to house in his neighborhood, telling Arabs to move out in two days or die. "I went to the Americans to ask for help," he says. "They said it was not their responsibility...
...public bellicosity, war with Syria is highly unlikely. The Pentagon has its hands full trying to maintain order in Iraq, not to mention fending off a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan and readying for a possible confrontation with North Korea. Taking on Syria would only confirm Arab fears that the U.S. intends to remake the Middle East map by force. And so, gradually the Administration toned down its rhetoric. Powell said he planned to visit Damascus during an upcoming trip to the region, and that "there is no war plan on anyone's desk right now to go marching on Syria...
...exercise of American power. The usual chorus, France and Russia, warned that the Administration was making "dangerous" threats against Damascus. Even America's allies were taken by surprise. "It was never Britain's intention to take on Syria in this manner," says a London official. Only in the Arab world was there a sense of clarity: the bullying was all about placating Israel. Shaul Mofaz, Israel's Defense Minister, practically said as much in a newspaper interview: "Israel has a long list of issues we are thinking of demanding of the Syrians, and it would be best done through...
...words may prove to be an early test of the belief among Administration neoconservatives that the victory in Iraq could persuade recalcitrant Arab regimes to accede to U.S. demands. As Bush put it, "Syria just needs to cooperate with us." The U.S. apparently expects that by cranking up public pressure on Assad, it can extract concessions. The U.S. saber rattling, says a British official, has "made the Syrians sit up and think." And it has left many in the Middle East and elsewhere wondering, Exactly what does Washington have in mind for the neighborhood? --Reported by Scott MacLeod/Damascus, Aharon Klein...
...arduous process of getting Yasser Arafat to accept Abbas, better known as Abu Mazen, and his slate of ministers shows that, for the international plan to have any hope of success, another road map will be needed - for peace within the Palestinian camp. "The heavy pressure from European and Arab leaders on Arafat produced results," says Palestinian Legislative Council member Muawiya al-Masri. But it has also further strained relations within the Fatah movement, which dominates Palestinian politics and has been riven by intifadeh-related infighting. The moderate Abu Mazen is unpopular among Palestinian radicals, and some Fatah leaders have...