Egypt: Iraq May Attack Israel, “All Hell Would Break Loose”
The following are excerpts from an article which appeared in the Egyptian English weekly, Al-Ahram of Al-Ahram Weekly 5th - 11th February, 1998
Front page headline:
"WAR?"
by Dina Ezzat, Galal Nassar and Nevine Khalil
Cairo worked...
Slave Trade Fed by Sudan’s Civil War
Madhol, Sudan (February 8, 1998 00:19 a.m. EST) <!--http://www.nando.net -->-- Stacks of money pass from the Christian foreigner to the Muslim trader, an exchange anxiously watched by a 13-year-old girl with diamonds of...
Long History of Deceptions from Avneri
"... The corruption within the Palestinian Authority... is not widespread."
"... Should something happen to Arafat, it would be a disaster of national proportions."
"... Palestinians are not afraid to loudly voice their sharp criticism."
Uri Avneri,...
The Egyptian Police
The fragile situation in Luxor and the general depression which set in after the massacre, should have given Luxor officials some idea of what to do and what to avoid doing in the future.
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Neo-Nazis Carving Out Fiefs in Eastern Germany
Angermuende, Germany -- The football-sized rocks crashed through the window of Holger Zschoge's ground-floor apartment on the night of Jan. 30 while he was sleeping.
Not surprisingly, Zschoge, a 35-year-old schoolteacher, has come to conclude...
Barak’s Position that Charter Canceled Firm Despite Singer
IMRA interviewed Labor MK Ehud Barak's spokeswoman, Meirav, in Hebrew, on January 26 and again on January 28, 1998.
January 26:
IMRA: What is MK Barak's view regarding the changing of the Palestinian Charter?
Meirav: As Ehud...
Saudis Will Not Help in Iraq Attack
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- America's closest ally in the Persian Gulf -- Saudi Arabia -- also could be its toughest challenge in building support for a military attack on Iraq.
Saudi resistance, spelled...
Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright
As released by the Office of the Spokesman U.S. Department of State
Secretary Albright: Well, good afternoon everybody. Before departing for the Gulf, I want to set my meetings with Prime Minister Netanyahu and Chairman...
Britain’s Gulf War Commander Says Air Strikes Won’t Work Against Iraq
LONDON (AP) Britain's Gulf War commander said today that air strikes alone would not be entirely effective against Iraq.
Using "the rather blunt weapon of a single strike military force... has never worked in history,"...
Israel’s “Spy” in the White House?
Take the word "spy" here in the overall context of the background, role, connections and allegiances of Rahm Emanuel.
He's been on TV quite abit in the past few days -- tasked with convincing the...