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To: long-gone who wrote (88595)	8/7/2002 11:48:27 AM
From: Probart	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Talking-head just said the same. Where did you hear the rumor so soon?

To: long-gone who wrote (88595)	8/7/2002 11:52:27 AM
From: Ahda	Respond to of 116764

Middle East - AP Saudi Arabia Won't Allow U.S. Troops Wed Aug 7, 9:57 AM ET By DONNA ABU-NASR, Associated Press Writer Saudi Arabia has made clear to Washington — publicly and privately — that the U.S. military will not be allowed to use the kingdom's soil in any way for an attack on Iraq, Foreign Minister Prince Saud said Wednesday. Saud said in an interview with The Associated Press that his country opposes any U.S. operation against Iraq "because we believe it is not needed, especially now that Iraq is moving to implement United Nations ( news - web sites) resolutions." "We have told them we don't (want) them to use Saudi grounds" for any attack on Iraq, he said. Saudi Arabia has no objections to the United States continuing its decade-old monitoring of Iraqi skies from the U.S. air control center in the kingdom, Saud said. But a change in the regime of President Saddam Hussein ( news - web sites) must come from the Iraqi people, he said. "For the government of Iraq, the leadership of Iraq, any change that happens there has to come from the Iraqi people. This is our attitude," Saud said. Last week, Iraq invited U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix to Baghdad for talks that could lead to a resumption of the inspections after more than 3 years. President Bush ( news - web sites) has said he is committed to a regime change in Iraq and war rhetoric is running high. Washington has dismissed the Blix invitation as a ploy. Saudi Arabia invited U.S. troops for the 1991 Gulf War ( news - web sites) to help defend the oil-rich nation against Iraqi forces.