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...that's just from the U.S. military. Though no contracts have been signed yet, Omnitech's exhibits at defense fairs in Bangkok and Abu Dhabi attracted Thai and Qatar representatives, who have opened active negotiations. In Canada and Norway the company has been invited to bid on outfitting vehicles with mine-clearing machinery. In Japan, Omnitech is angling to join a consortium that hopes to undertake a cleanup of unexploded World War II ordnance in China. For countries that need to clear minefields but lack the money to buy Omnitech's kits, which cost $125,000 to $150,000, Parish...
...Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey, Egypt and other U.S. allies ? for a summit which opens on Tuesday was heralded by Iran as a victory over Washington?s policy of isolating Teheran. Many of the same moderate Arab governments had stood up Albright last month at an economic summit in Doha in Qatar in order to express their displeasure at Washington?s performance in the Mideast peace process. Many observers believe this gathering will reinforce calls within the administration for a rethink of Mideast and Gulf policies: The recent Gulf crisis showed not only that Washington has little support in Europe...
...push Israel into meaningful peace negotiations with the Palestinians. Those looking for a symbol of the fractious, anti-American climate that has emboldened Saddam need look no further than Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's lonely visit to the Middle Eastern economic summit held last weekend in Doha, Qatar. Despite U.S. pressure on Arab states to attend, America's closest Arab allies--Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Morocco--all refused to show up. So embittered was the atmosphere that in the end Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy declined to attend...
...fighters and other attack planes. Pentagon sources considered it likely; State Department officials weren't so sanguine. Heavy B-52 bombers will be based on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, a British territory on loan to the U.S., and B-1s will probably fly out of Bahrain, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates. Says Army General Hugh Shelton, the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "We're confident that we have the capability to carry out whatever we are asked...
...only question now is whether Madeleine Albright's whistle-stop weekend tour of surrounding Gulf states ? Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia ? has drummed up any support for U.S. action to punish Iraq. Without it, Saddam will turn an air-strike into the greatest pro-Iraq propaganda...