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...government as a major step toward bringing stability to the country. But behind the scenes, some U.S. officials are fretting about Iraqi plans to remove as many as 9,000 members of the country's security, intelligence and police services who have been identified as former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath regime. Such a move could wreck the Iraqi forces that the U.S. has spent two years and $5 billion trying to train, according to U.S. officials in Baghdad and Washington. They are also worried that a sweeping de-Baathification order could toss out thousands of former mid-level...
...Japan's political, diplomatic and military influence to a level that would match its economic might. In the first Gulf War, Japan sent only money to protect its oil interests. In 2003, however, Koizumi became one of the U.S.'s few staunch supporters in the campaign to oust Saddam Hussein, and put (admittedly noncombatant) boots on the ground in 2004 to support the Iraq reconstruction effort. More recently, Japan has (to the consternation of the U.S.) reached out to Iran to secure oil supplies and is seeking to expand its influence in Africa by doubling the amount of aid sent...
...forward-looking exposition." The U.S., said Kalb, welcomed Peres' reaffirmation of the "urgency" of moving ahead with the peace process. In fact, Washington was involved in helping Peres get his message across. Richard Murphy, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, visited Amman two weeks ago and briefed Hussein on at least the broad outlines of Peres' forthcoming U.N. proposal. Murphy last week returned to New York City and, along with Secretary of State George Shultz, conferred with Peres before the Israeli leader left the U.S. for France...
...expected to continue to help the peace process along is harder to say. A corner-stone of the Administration effort, at least from the Jordanian side, was the $1.5 billion arms deal that the White House promised to Hussein's government last spring. Included in the package were about 40 advanced F-16 or F-20 jet fighters and a dozen Hawk antiaircraft missile systems, items looked on by many U.S. legislators as threats to Israel's security. Seventy-four U.S. Senators cosponsored a resolution to block the weapons sale. Nonetheless, the White House blithely announced early last week that...
...between Sharon and Peres did little to derail the Prime Minister's recent efforts to breathe life into the Middle East peace process. Peres put Sharon on notice that attacks on government policy will not be tolerated. He also cleared the way for continued talks with Jordan's King Hussein. Despite Peres' repeated denials that he had met secretly with Hussein in Paris last month, the Prime Minister admitted for the first time that "secret negotiations" have been under way between Israel and Jordan. That news came as Jordan extended an olive branch to Syria, thus perhaps paving...