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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (42500)	9/7/2002 11:01:40 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Of course, Carl will still claim that they are just there for routine war games -g- One of my working hypotheses is that Carl knows he's channelling disinformation and is just doing his job as a good citizen.;^)

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (42500)	9/8/2002 11:06:39 AM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 281500

The source is hardly pristine. It has also reported the following fanciful report: arabicnews.com Yediot Ahronot: Iraq, Jordan to be converted into one Hashimite Kingdom Iraq-Jordan, Politics, 9/7/2002 The correspondent of the Israeli Yediot Ahronot for military affairs said Friday that Israeli sides were briefed on plans prepared by the hawks of the American administration on changing the face of the Arab region, including perceptions to end the ruling regime in Iraq and bringing it back to the Hashimite Kingdom. Meantime, the Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres announced that there is no link between the Palestinian and Iraqi questions. The Yediot Ahronot correspondent quoted the Israeli expert in terrorism affairs Ehud Shefernitsk who recently returned back from several meetings with Pentagon leaders saying "that talks are about a revolutionary group, with a very different attitude to the Arab world, and the risks coming from it." Shefernitsk speaks about his meeting in the Pentagon saying "It is possible to put their inclination in one phrase: they think that the Arab world is a world of backward people that only understands the language of power." He added that the main player in this American coupe are "the Vice President Dick Cheney, the defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld; the ideological explanation for the work plan is by three persons, the under defense secretary, his deputy Douglas Faith and Richard Perl." The Israeli correspondent added that Richard Perl was the one who asked the RAND Institute for research ( which has been conducting researches since scores of years for the US administration, especially the Pentagon) for a research paper under the title "What the American strategy will be in the Middle East." In the said paper, Saudi Arabia was described as an enemy that should be "dealt with." The Rand research brings in the war against Iraq into a logic sequence in the context of the wider picture. According to one source, the research reaches the result that the military attack against Iraq is "a tactical objective," Saudi Arabia is "the strategic objective" and Egypt is "the big prize." This means, the correspondent says, that this group inside the American administration sees that changing the regime in the three said countries is a strategic objective and converting them into liberal countries inclined to the West would limit their ability to threaten the US through its interests in the Arab states. He recently heard from the Americans why it is good for them to start, in particular dealing the question of Iraq. According to the views of the Americans there are potentials in Iraq of qualitative human force that would contribute to economic development and democracy, while the Iraqi oil can give a solution to the West at the expense of links to the Saudi oil. Controlling Iraq will be also a clear message to the Iranians. But Iraq, as aforesaid, is just the beginning. The correspondent wrote that the "revolutionary group in the Pentagon is formulating the view point of Rand's institute for practical plans and the aim is a change in the political map by military means." He added that there is also a plan tailored for Israel saying that "Palestine is Israel," which means that the Palestinians can achieve their national ambitions outside their home of origin., namely in a state like Jordan, recalling what Rumsfeld said recently when he described the Israeli occupation of the West Bank as an "alleged occupation." The correspondent indicates that Jordan will play a main role, according to the plans discussed by the Pentagon, noting that these plans point the end of the story of the Iraqi Baathist regime under the leadership of Saddam Hussein and the foundation of a democratic Iraq to be an integral part of the Hashaimite Kingdom. The correspondent added it was not a mere coincident that the Americans invited that ( former Jordanian crown prince ) prince Hassan from Jordan to two meetings with the Iraqi opposition residents in London." The The correspondent added "Inviting prince Hassan to London reminds us of the Afghani experience: toppling the regime and bringing in the old and good King." Previous Stories: