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...covered both of the Palestinian intifadehs, which were not quite full-scale war. They were more civil unrest. But this is more of a full-scale war, period. The most dramatic event I've witnessed so far has been the evacuation of several dozen wounded from a mosque in the Nablus Casbah that had been converted into a makeshift field hospital. It was filled with severely wounded Palestinians, and the courtyard of the mosque was filled with the dead. People had been in this mosque, lying on the floor with virtually no medicine, suffering for, I suppose, several days. They...
...that Arab producers will use the "oil weapon" and follow Saddam Hussein's decision to halt petroleum production to spike up world prices. Nonetheless, Arab leaders - especially those with close links to the U.S. or relations with Israel - have been quick to react, lest the anger turn to domestic unrest. In Egypt, after days of protesters chanting "Where is the Egyptian army?" the government cut off most contacts with Israel. "When it comes to decision making," says Egyptian government spokesman Nabil Osman, "we listen to public opinion." In Jordan, authorities prevented a potentially volatile march on the Israeli embassy...
...mostly European peacekeepers. They have brought relative calm to the capital, but a recent series of attacks against ISAF itself, including the attempted rocketing of a barracks full of sleeping soldiers last week, have made locals skittish again. "We're seeing a pattern to destabilize the city, to cause unrest, and to cause people to lose faith in the interim administration and maybe even ISAF," says spokesman Flight Lieutenant Tony Marshall. "We're not going to be swayed by this, but we are vulnerable...
Washington can count on even less assent from Arab leaders, who fear that with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict raging and Washington widely seen as Israel's abettor, a U.S. campaign against Iraq would incite unrest in their streets. "Emotions are already boiling," says an Arab diplomat. "A second war will be more than the region can take." Turkey and Syria, which border Iraq, are worried that Saddam's fall could tempt the Kurds who live in Iraq's north to secede, thereby emboldening their Kurdish populations to agitate for autonomy...
...Afghan campaign, Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar are still on the loose, and that inspires little confidence in U.S. promises that a war against Saddam's considerably more powerful regime would be over in a heartbeat. Arab officials fear that a protracted military campaign would spark dangerous street unrest in their own streets. They also fear that the collapse of Saddam's regime could presage the breakup of Iraq, setting the stage for a new round of regional conflicts...