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The damage we are doing to our relations with the Middle East could last a generation
(The Independent, 1 April 2003)
"When it is over, if it is over, this war will have horrible consequences," were the ominous words from Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian President, yesterday. "Instead of having one Osama bin Laden, we will have 100 Bin Ladens." Mr Mubarak is one of the more moderate Arab leaders. . . . Throughout the region, the streets and markets are seething. There are almost daily demonstrations in Jordan and Egypt. In Afghanistan, the Taliban, utterly vanquished more than a year ago, have begun to mount sporadic attacks. Their long-silent leader, Mullah Omar, has called for a jihad against American troops and Afghans who work with them. . . . The alliance ranged against Iraq may, as US officials insist, be more numerous than the one that fought the Gulf War 12 years ago. But the Arab countries that supported that war are now conspicuously absent. . . . All the omens suggest that Mr Mubarak is right. When the war is over, the consequences will indeed be disastrous. It is hard to see how American and British relations with the countries of the region can be mended during our lifetime.

posted by Lorenzo 10:22 AM