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>By Amnon Barzilai >HaaretzDaily.com >12-19-1 > >Despite official American protestations to the contrary, former >prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that the United States' >next target in the war against terror will be Iraq, while former >prime minister Ehud Barak says the U.S. will attack Somalia, Sudan >or Yemen. > >Speaking at the Herzliya Convention for National Security, Netanyahu >said yesterday that the U.S. is planning to attack Iraq soon and >that Israel must ask Washington for time to prepare itself. It is >not enough for Israel to get a warning of an imminent attack, >Netanyahu said; the U.S. must give Israel time to get ready, and >Israel knows how to do so. > >Only a day earlier, America's National Security Adviser Condoleezza >Rice had told the convention in a satellite address that the U.S. >has no plans to attack Iraq at present. Despite this, Netanyahu >said, he was sure there would be an attack, even if not immediately, >because the combination of nuclear power and terror was intolerable. > >Netanyahu also said that Israel must work toward toppling the >Palestinian leadership headed by Yasser Arafat. He said it would be >replaced by more pragmatic leaders, not the Hamas. > >He said the U.S. had established three principles in the wake of the >September 11 bombings: > >l A moral differentiation between terrorism and self-defense through >military action that could inadvertently affect civilians; > >l A strategic decision to fight terror without distinguishing >between terrorist organizations and those who send them, although >the order of importance may be different when deciding to attack >them; > >l The importance of victory, namely that the end justifies the means. > >A different sequence of events was envisaged by Barak in his later >address to the convention, which is being sponsored by the Institute >for Strategy and Policy at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center. > >The next chapter after Afghanistan will be Somalia, Sudan or Yemen, >all of which harbor terrorism, Barak told the defense establishment >heads attending the convention. This will be followed by a U.S. >campaign against Hezbollah and Hamas in Lebanon and Syria, and the >mopping up of 11 or 12 terrorist organizations operating out of >Damascus, he said. > >Only in the fourth stage will the U.S. turn to Iraq, Barak said, >since there is no way to establish world order, stability and >normalization, as well as economic growth, if Saddam Hussein remains >in power as if nothing happened. > >The UN will be asked to present the conditions to Iraq, he said, and >Israel and the U.S. will have to cooperate "intimately" on the >subject. > >As for Iran, a new order appears to be emerging there, and the U.S. >will be less eager to attack that nation, also in view of the fact >that Iraq and Iran together produce some 6-7 percent of the world's >oil. > >Turning to Palestinian terrorism, Barak said it should be countered >by persistent IDF action; by a plan for gradual separation, over a >four-year period; and by an open-door policy toward renewing >negotiations with the Palestinians without preconditions other than >the cessation of the violence. > >http://www.haaretzdaily.com/h > >MainPage >http://www.rense.com ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
