Egyptian
intelligence chief General Omar Soleiman
met Sunday with top Israeli officials
and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat,
in what Israeli sources cited as an
attempt to closely monitor reforms to
the Palestinian Authority and prevent
chaos in the Palestinian occupied
territories...more>>
U.S.
soldiers stormed the homes of Afghan
villagers after they were bombed in a
U.S. air-raid last weekend and barred
people from treating their wounded
relatives, outraged Afghans said at the
weekend...more>>
A
British newspaper said that American
military planners are preparing to use
Jordan as a base for an assault on Iraq
later this year or early in 2003.
However, Jordan rejected the use of
force against its neighbor, amid reports
the U.S. was planning a strike to topple
the Baghdad regime...more>>
The
editor of a state-owned Egyptian daily
denounced Sunday U.S. Mideast policies,
particularly the calls for the ouster of
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, as the
work of "amateurs."...more>>