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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (51468)	10/12/2002 12:39:25 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Ex-Mideast chief: Iraq not No. 1 priority From News Services Published Oct 11, 2002 IBOK11 The former U.S. military commander for the Middle East said Thursday that at this time he opposes a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, adding that he believes the policy of containing President Saddam Hussein has been working. Retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, who preceded Army Gen. Tommy Franks as head of Central Command, told a meeting at a Washington think tank that the United States should have higher priorities in the Middle East. In 1991, after the Gulf War, Zinni was chief of staff for the Kurdish relief operation. For the past two years he has been an unpaid consultant to the State Department on Israeli-Palestinian issues. Saudi warning Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Prince Saud, said Thursday that an attack on Iraq by the United States would spawn more terrorism. He pointed to the attack this week in Kuwait, in which two gunmen killed a U.S. Marine before they were killed by other Marines, and said more such incidents would follow if military action is launched against Iraq without destroying terrorist groups first. startribune.com