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To: JEB who wrote (45325)	12/20/2003 7:07:53 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

Saddam's fate could have been different if he had cooperated! Libya's decision to voluntarily dismantle its atomic weapons program is almost unprecedented -- only post-Apartheid South Africa has done so before. Britain said Libya had been close to making an atomic bomb. This is a diplomatic coup by the administration in all sense of words, it also proves that it is about mass killing weapons and it will definitely bring oil prices down in no time. Contrary to general presumptions it is tensions that is worst for US economy, reduced tensions within Middle East helps US economy to flourish with cheap oil, it is the long term impact of reduce violence and war within Middle East that has been greatly helped by neutralization of the Saddam forces. In last score of decades they were worst culprit and offender of human rights within the area, these forces could have easily spearheaded peaceful overtures to all who have interests in the Middle East. Britain was swift to point out the contrast with Iraq, suggesting Saddam's fate could have been different if he had cooperated. Now Libya has sought to shed its pariah status, and is meeting with U.N. nuclear inspectors after a surprise announcement that it was abandoning efforts to build an atomic bomb and other banned weapons. Iraq pariah status would have been removed in no time if they would opened their facilities at an opportune time, the ace in the hole picture as we have highlighted has changed the dynamics of the politics within Middle East. The behind the scene arm-twisting aside that must have been going on for months the timing of the announcement within 7 days of bearded holed up Saddam picture speaks volume of success that has achieved by the US, pre-Christmas these present developments could not have been better timed, Almost 15 years to the day since his agents brought down a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie and eight months after U.S. and British troops toppled Saddam Hussein on suspicion of developing banned weapons, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has now opened the prospect of an end to sanctions and a return of U.S. oil firms. The nation should take pride that icons of terror are renouncing terror en-masse, which makes the world at peace when the world I at peace the biggest benefactor is US.

To: JEB who wrote (45325)	12/20/2003 10:25:58 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Zack speaks on his blog today... Morning good readers. I reached Islamabad, Pakistan a little more than a couple of hours and I'm quite surprised by the city. Rather than deteriorating, it's kept largely entact it's "Stalinist" avenues and actually expanded on the infrastructure. It's been four years but Pakistan has seemed to have tremendously improved in it's organisation, security and development with the population seemingly no more or no less Islamic than it once was. Granted the analysis is of a fruition of a couple of hours of observation but I was surprised in the Pakistan airport that the immigration office was booking our details on one of the latest computers. This is no African nation rather a paen of Islamic progress and thankfully despite four years of continuous residence in the West I don't feel a culture shock. Rather it reminds me of the film whereby the principal characters visit their homes after a space of ten years to find nothing has changed only that they have grown and what was once part of the routine has become a novelty. Places, shops and people that used to be an integral part of my life in Pakistan are being rediscovered and I'm once again delving into the recesses of my consciousness to restor memories of life in Pak. I'm here till the 7th of the New Year and I've promised myself that I'll engage principally and dutifully in the therapeutic activities of sleeping and writing. I don't know whether I'll hold to that but I do remember on those shivering 6am commutes to work I dreamt of sleeping through my vacation in Pakistan. I don't think I'll keep to that promise especially since I have old friends to drift back into contact with and explore the very much hyped nightlife, which I've been told about. Will keep updating at a future date... Zachary Latif 03:17 latif.blogspot.com