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...enough—“Ask Saddam.” When the bully from Baghdad refuses to allow U.N. weapons inspectors back in Iraq, U.S. air power will pulverize his military infrastructure (including its weapons production facilities), allowing the Iraqi National Congress to oust him. France will fret; Arab states will feign disapproval to appease radical factions of their citizenry. But the coalition will survive. (Funny how the coalition survived in spite of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, in spite of bombing during Ramadan, in spite of everything else the neurotic nail-biters said would crumble it.) The Iraqi people...
...shared premise is that Israel can't sustain the cost of maintaining the current pattern of occupation. The peace plan currently being touted by foreign minister Shimon Peres is based on the principle of Israeli withdrawal to its 1967 borders - and a Saudi proposal for normalization of Arab relations with Israel on that basis has been positively received by Washington...
...reserve officers' call is echoed by a peace plan being touted by Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres and Arafat aide Ahmed Kurei, as well as of various proposals emanating from the European Union and the Arab world. U.S. officials have been particularly interested in a proposal by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah to offer Israel full normalization of relations with the Arab world in exchange for its withdrawal to the pre-1967 borders. Sharon has been conspicuously silent on actual peace plans, confining his diplomatic efforts to pressing Washington to add Yasser Arafat to its "axis of evil" column...
...scent of spice and the lure of easy money drew traders and settlers from across Europe, the Arab world, India, China, Thailand and Burma. Their diverse traditions still resonate in the heart of George Town's old city. The grand colonial architecture of City Hall, the court buildings and the Penang Museum and Art Gallery cohabits comfortably with ornate Hindu and incense-wreathed Buddhist temples, Chinese clan houses, Muslim mosques and serried rows of peeling and shuttered shophouses. Cultures collide at every intersection. A walk down Lebuh Chulia, a major thoroughfare, will have your mouth watering at the spicy aromas...
IRAN Cracks Appear in The "Axis of Evil" Lest anyone think it isn't serious about terrorism, Iran arrested around 150 people trying to enter the country from Pakistan, according to the official news agency. The Arab, African and European nationals are suspected of links to al-Qaeda or the Taliban and are thought to have fled Afghanistan. Early in the week, however, millions of Iranians massed in city streets to protest President Bush's inclusion of their country in an "axis of evil...