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Arabs Unite STRONGLY Against Bush Oil War Subject: Great News!!! Arabs Unite STRONGLY Against Nuk'em Now Bush Arabs unite, support Iraq against U.S. Friday, March 29, 2002 By NEIL MACFARQUHAR THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Saddam Hussein secured broad Arab support yesterday in heading off any U.S. military action against his country when the region's leaders declared here that an attack on Iraq would be considered an attack against all Arab states. In return for this support, given at the close of a two-day Arab League summit meeting, Iraq accepted policies it vehemently rejected in the past. The Iraqi government agreed to recognize Kuwait as an independent state and to not invade again. It also said it would work with the United Nations in implementing post-Gulf-War cease-fire provisions and would join an Arab initiative, approved here, that envisions peace with Israel. Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia took the unusual step of bringing Iraq's representative in front of television cameras for a warm embrace and kiss, sealing the idea that the Arabs are ready to begin welcoming Iraq back into their fold. This very public greeting appeared to be a rebuff to the Bush administration and another sign of its limited influence in a region it chose largely to ignore during its first months in office. In Washington, the State Department expressed grave doubts about the accord between Iraq and Kuwait. "If true that would be good," the State Department spokesman, Richard Boucher, said. "But Iraq has never evidenced real intent to respect Kuwaiti sovereignty." The Arab leaders declared yesterday that they reject "the threat of an aggression on some Arab countries, particularly Iraq, and assert the categorical rejection of attacking Iraq or threatening the security and safety of any Arab state, and consider it a threat to the national security of all the Arab states." Just weeks ago, Vice President Dick Cheney embarked on a Middle East tour promoted as an attempt to line up regional support for carrying war into Iraq. But Saudi Arabia, like most states in the region, was skeptical and appeared to have several motives for its embrace of Iraq yesterday. The government in Riyadh is sensitive to the idea that it would be once again be seen as an ally in any attack by the United States on Iraq, a Muslim nation. That sensitivity is partly the result of a widespread domestic impression that what America calls a war on terrorism has actually been an assault on Islam. In addition, after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Saudis stressed repeatedly that the first step toward ending the threat from Osama bin Laden is to solve the Palestinian conflict, which inspires many in the Arab world to take up arms against the United States and its Arab allies. Yesterday the message from the Saudis seemed clear. It coordinated an unprecedented Arab peace initiative toward Israel and pushed through a surprise Kuwaiti-Iraqi reconciliation, suggesting that if the former problem could be solved, the Iraqi issue could, too Belinda "It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." --Albert Einstein ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4. No Minimums. 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