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To: BigBull who wrote (34205)	7/11/2002 11:12:13 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

"Well, of course I hate you because you are Christian, but that doesn't mean I want to kill you," a professor of Islamic law in Riyadh explains to a visiting reporter. nytimes.com

To: BigBull who wrote (34205)	7/12/2002 4:54:29 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Despite stringent denials by the Jordanian authorities that US forces will be permitted to use their territory for future operations against Baghdad, Western diplomats have told The Times that King Abdullah has consented to a limited US presence involved in defensive and humanitarian operations. “Jordan wants to remain firmly on the fence in any conflict between America and Iraq,” one diplomat said. “But that is looking increasingly difficult. It has agreed to allow a US-manned radar station and American search and rescue teams to operate out of the country to pick up US pilots.” The Pentagon has reportedly planned a three-pronged attack on Iraq from Turkey in the north, Kuwait in the south and Jordan in the west. So we have the Jordanians talking about a "limited US presence involved in defensive and humanitarian operations" and the Americans talking about a three-pronged attack with one prong attacking through Jordan. Doesn't this seem like they are talking about two fairly different things? I hope for the sake of Jordan that Saddam doesn't succeed in provoking the Israelis into joining the fight. Given the size of Jordan's Palestinian population, that would make King Abdullah's position somewhat difficult, and provide the American intervention with an additional problem at a preoccupied time. Odd, also, to find out that the SAS is planning to sneak into Iraq and blow up Saddam's WMD sites. If we can do this during a war, maybe we should consider doing it beforehand. Better still if raids could snatch some people and records. It would be rather nice to have some real evidence of Saddam's WMD capability before deciding that a war is necessary. The more I hear about this, the more question marks appear....