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...post-Saddam government in Baghdad could be expected to favor U.S. companies. Ahmed Chalabi, a leader of the Iraqi National Congress, the most powerful exile group, has met with U.S. oil executives and promised that American oil companies would benefit following a campaign to oust Saddam...
...Mindanao. For example, both Agus Dwikarna and Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi, two prominent Indonesian militants currently under arrest in Manila for possession of explosives, did stints in Mindanao in the late 1990s. The MILF willingly provided training facilities to foreign fighters, but in the days following the war to oust the Soviets in Afghanistan, the group's hospitality was motivated more by international Islamist solidarity than by anti-Western jihad. In 2000, the Philippine military overran all of the MILF's bases?including its two biggest camps, Abubakar and Bushra, which hosted militants from overseas. But since 9/11 and especially...
Lots of people, it turns out, as war pressures grow. The Saudis have now taken the initiative in putting together a deal that leaves the door open for Saddam to accept exile but meanwhile is aimed at encouraging his generals to oust him if he doesn't. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has discussed scenarios with Arab and European leaders and last week sat down with President George W. Bush in Washington. Though Bush's aides had already publicly embraced the option, the President for the first time came on board, declaring that should Saddam Hussein "choose...
...Bush Administration certainly believes Iraq is lying, but the reason for toning down its comments may have less to do with the contents of the document than with Washington's overall objective in going through the United Nations in the first place - winning international support for a war to oust Saddam Hussein. The U.S. insists it retains the right to strike unilaterally, and is proceeding at full steam to assemble the necessary military force in the region to mount an invasion. But it wants international backing both to ensure the widest range of basing options and, even more importantly...
...TIME: In the event of a war to oust Saddam Hussein, what would Turkey regard as an acceptable alternative...