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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (46745)	7/29/2004 5:47:52 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Top Pakistani leader has met with Saudi officials to discuss a possible Muslim military force for Iraq , and Yemen and Bahrain have offered help under certain conditions. Faris Ghanim, a Yemeni political analyst, said Saudi Arabia has the stature to bring in other Arab and Muslim nations, noting its moral weight as the custodian of Islam's main shrines and the likelihood it would help pay for the force. Saudi Arabia would not send its own soldiers, however, because Iraq's interim government has said it doesn't want any troops from neighboring countries, to avoid tempting anyone with a direct stake to meddle. Pakistan, Malaysia, Algeria, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Morocco have been mentioned as possible sources of troops. Senior Pakistani officials said Thursday their prime minister had held talks in Saudi Arabia about the proposal, and one said the number of Pakistani soldiers contemplated was in the hundreds. When asked if Morocco might participate, a Foreign Ministry official said on condition of anonymity that no decision had been made and none was expected soon because government leaders were on vacation through August.