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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47916)	3/1/2005 5:48:03 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Amidst dismay and sorrow some green offshoots of hope and recovery in London.. Foreign ministers and top officials from 23 nations and six international organisations opened a day-long meeting in London on Tuesday to throw their support behind Palestinian reforms. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and a raft of other foreign ministers and officials were attending to place their support behind his blueprint. "We are, all of us, here with one united purpose," said British Prime Minister Tony Blair as he opened the meeting in the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre, a stone's throw from the British parliament. "And that is to try and bring about the vision of the two-state solution for the Middle East ... an Israel confident of its security and a viable and independent Palestinian state," he said. Blair said Tuesday's meeting would see the Palestinian Authority setting out its determination to carry through reforms, and the international community expressing its solidarity with those plans. Abbas said he hoped Tuesday's meeting would lead to "the beginning of an international conference that would take place in accordance with the roadmap". That conference, he said, would seek "find a way of solving all issues" including the fate of Palestinian refugees and Jewish settlements on Palestinian lands "on the basis of international legitimacy". Annan, in the third of the opening speeches, said he saw a "moment of promise and potential" in the Middle East, so long as key players keep their eyes on the ultimate prize of a lasting peace. "The prevailing mood is one of optimism... This is a moment of promise and potential. The sense of expectation is palpable."

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47916)	3/2/2005 3:10:00 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

US and Pakistani forces were narrowing the ring around al-Qaeda’s top leadership in the Pak-Afghan border areas, US Central Command Chief Gen John Abizaid sain on Tuesday.Abizaid also said Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s "days in Iraq are numbered". He cited Iraqi intelligence and treason within the Jordanian’s network as keys to recent successes against him. "We have been successful in really working specific aspects of the network in such a way that it is much less effective this year than it was last year," Abizaid, who commands US forces throughout the region, said. "In the Pakistan-Afghanistan area in particular, there are indications they are having difficulty gaining money, and there is indication of concern from various intelligence sources about the safety of being able to operate in those areas," he said. Abizaid said that al-Qaeda remained dangerous, however, and expressed concern it may attempt attacks during Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections in June.