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More generally, Graham said that he would look to clarify the school’s mission and place within the wider University...
...with Iran, Saddam declared: "The forces of evil will carry their coffins on their backs, die in disgraceful failure, taking their schemes back with them or digging their own graves." The speech, which saluted the Palestinians, was aimed at both a domestic and a wider Arab audience, saying that an attack on Iraq was an attack on Arabs and Muslims. Saddam called on the U.N. to pursue a dialogue with Iraq on the question of weapons inspections. The speech came a day after U.S. President George W. Bush insisted that Iraq was a "real" threat that must be dealt with...
...Saddam's game plan, for now, is simple: Keep the neighbors out of Washington's camp by declaring a willingness to cooperate with the arms inspectors, and paint U.S. war plans as part of a wider American attack on the Arab and Muslim world. Better still, link it directly to the Bush administration's close relationship with the government of Ariel Sharon, whose policies offend even Washington's most moderate Arab allies. That's precisely what Saddam tried to do in 1991 when he fired SCUD missiles at Israel just as the U.S.-led coalition assault began, in hopes...
...failure of force to relieve Israel's burgeoning economic and security crisis has prompted renewed efforts at dialogue with the PA - despite the fact that Yasser Arafat remains in charge - then the wider concerns of the Bush administration, particularly Iraq, may compel Washington to do the same. Despite Rumsfeld's outburst, Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice are due to meet a PA delegation on Thursday to discuss security, political reform and the humanitarian crisis in Palestinian territories. And while the delegation does not include PA leader Yasser Arafat, it consists of officials appointed...
...progress was dashed by the Gaza air strike. Given the political outlook of Hamas, in particular, any cease-fire would necessarily be a temporary tactical choice, undertaken principally to avoid forcing the PA into a head-to-head fight and to protect Hamas's position in the wider Arab world. But the Gaza strike suspended even that discussion. Israel had also been in discussions with Palestinian security officials over measures to ease the suffering of ordinary Palestinians, but those too are likely to be postponed amid a new wave of violence...