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To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (29083)	9/29/2003 8:55:50 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 89467

Saudis Unlikely to Send Troops to Iraq Sun Sep 28, 7:31 AM ET RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia is unlikely to send peacekeeping troops to Iraq (news - web sites), even under a U.N. mandate, the Saudi deputy defense minister said in remarks published Saturday. Prince Khaled bin Sultan spoke to the Okas daily as the United States worked to secure a new U.N. resolution to persuade more countries to contribute troops and money to postwar Iraq. Prince Khaled said it would not be a good idea for neighboring states to send troops to Iraq. "As a professional military man, and an expert in heading joint troops, I say there is no benefit in having troops from neighboring countries (deployed) in Iraq," said Prince Khaled, who commanded Arab and Islamic forces during the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites) in Kuwait. Syria has said it would consider sending peacekeeping forces to Iraq if a deadline is set for a U.S. troop withdrawal and if the United Nations (news - web sites) assumes control of its war-ravaged neighbor. Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa told Al-Hayat while in New York for the U.N. General Assembly that Arab states will not send forces to Iraq to "defend occupation troops." "If any Arab country is considering sending troops, this will be after they get a request from those concerned, the Iraqis," Moussa was quoted as saying. "We care about Iraq, not the occupation."

To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (29083)	9/29/2003 10:39:27 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

N Korea calls Rumsfeld 'psychopath' (Good call, IMO) news.bbc.co.uk Donald Rumsfeld said North Korea "looked bleak" North Korea has launched a scathing attack on US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, calling him a "dictatorial psychopath". The official KCNA news agency commentary went on to call him a "politically illiterate old man" who was "cursed and hated worldwide" because of his belief that only the US can dispense international justice. The condemnation, outspoken even for the official news agency, followed Mr Rumsfeld's own negative comments about North Korea in a recent speech to US and South Korean business leaders. He said: "While the situation in North Korea sometimes looks bleak, I'm convinced that one day freedom will come to the people and light up that oppressed land with hope and promise." War of words Mr Rumsfeld said that he had a night-time satellite picture of the divided peninsula in his office that showed the North almost entirely in darkness and the South lit up. North Korea and the United States are at loggerheads over Pyongyang's nuclear programme. His outbursts cannot be construed otherwise than a desperate shrill cry of a psychopath on his death bed KCNA news agency On Saturday US President George W Bush, following talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin, again called on Pyongyang to end its plans for nuclear weapons. The news agency said it was easy to asses the political line of the Bush administration "which includes such a dangerous international dictator" as Mr Rumsfeld. It said Mr Rumsfeld was "not likely at all that he would speak truth as he is obsessed with wantonly harassing peace and security in different parts of the world and igniting wars". Tensions have been high since the US and North Korea became engaged in a war of words over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions last October. Washington has characterised North Korea as part of an "axis of evil" and has said North Korea has admitted to possessing at least one nuclear bomb. North Korea has called for economic aid and a non-aggression pact with America in return for surrendering its nuclear ambitions, but Washington has consistently refused. But Mr Rumsfeld is not the first to prompt the wrath of the news agency. In August, US State Department official John Bolton was described as "human scum" for calling North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il a tyrannical dictator.