Asia Times - The War on Terrorism

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width="26%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="74%"> <table style="WIDTH: 356px; HEIGHT: 749px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="356" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="356"> <p><i><br> By July-August 2001, it was clear that something dramatic was about to happen. Pepe Escobar, our "Roving Eye", was<br> traveling in Afghanistan and the tribal areas of Pakistan. The rumor was that US forces were about to use Pakistan to launch a raid into Afghanistan. Escobar's article, published by Asia Times Online on August 30, 2001, was headlined  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030604144232/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CH30Df01.html" target="_blank">Get Osama! Now! Or else ...</a> Our Karachi correspondent, Syed Saleem Shazad, was meanwhile filing articles like<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030604144232/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CH22Df02.html" target="_blank"> Osama bin Laden: The thorn in Pakistan's flesh</a> (August 22, 2001) ...<br> </i> <p> <hr> <strong>June 2003</strong><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><br><a href="/web/20030604144232/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EF04Ak02.html"><strong>The truth, and nothing but ...</strong></a><br>As speculation grows - and it's not a "French" or "European left" plot - about deliberate distortion of the facts, the time is drawing close when some in the Bush administration will have to reconcile their extravagant claims about weapons of mass destruction with the ground reality in Iraq. - <b>Jim Lobe</b> <font color="#999999" size="1">(Jun 3, '03)</font><br><br><a href="/web/20030604144232/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EF04Ak01.html"><strong><font size="2">Why Saddam was doomed, WMDs or not</font></strong></a><font size="2"> <br>Two days after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, the writing was already on the wall for the Saddam Hussein regime. Justification for the war would come later. In fact, the world is still waiting for it. </font><font color="#999999" size="1">(Jun 3, '03)<br></font><br><a href="/web/20030604144232/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EF04Ak03.html"><strong>US shadow clouds Iran's internal tussle</strong></a><br>Debate in Iran between the government and the public on what political road the country should take has in the past centered on a more open society and the press. Now, with the United States looming large, this debate has taken on strong new undertones. <font color="#999999" size="1">(Jun 3, '03)</font><br><br>  <img hspace="0" src="/web/20030604144232im_/http://atimes.com/atimes//images/arrow.gif" border="0"><a href="/web/20030604144232/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EF04Ak04.html">Enter the Iraqi Islamic Republic. Not quite yet</a><br><br><a href="/web/20030604144232/http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EF04Dg01.html "><strong>US military in East Asia: Winds of change</strong></a><br>As the clamor over reports that the United States is considering plans to restructure its military forces in East Asia causes anxiety among both allies and rivals in the region, pundits wonder what message the US really wants to send to Pyongyang <i>and</i> Seoul. <strong>- Ralph A Cossa </strong><font color="#999999" size="1">(Jun 3, '03)</font><br><br><a href="/web/20030604144232/http://atimes.com/atimes/Japan/EF04Dh02.html "><strong>America's 'unsinkable aircraft carriers'</strong></a><br>Japan and Australia's unwavering support for the George W Bush administration is necessary for US plans to shift its military bases. But whether the price of being "unsinkable aircraft carriers" for the world's lone superpower will end up being too high for Tokyo and Canberra is another matter. <b>- Purnendra Jain</b> and <b>John Bruni</b> <font color="#999999" size="1">(Jun 3, '03)</font><br><br><a href="/web/20030604144232/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EF03Ak03.html"><strong>One fewer reformist voice in Saudi Arabia</strong></a><br>In sacking the editor of an anti-extremist newspaper, Saudi officials have plainly shown that when it comes to the voices of reform, their ears are closed. And will remain so, no matter how loud the cries become, if anyone else dares, that is. - <b>Ian Urbina <font color="#999999" size="1">(Jun 2, '03)</font><br></b><br><a href="/web/20030604144232/http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EF03Df03.html "><strong>US support emboldens Musharraf</strong></a><br>Pakistan, as a key piece in the South Asia security puzzle, has been fully welcomed into the United States camp despite its less than spotless record on the democracy front. This tolerance could be significantly tested as President General Pervez Musharraf moves to avert a domestic crisis. - <b>Syed Saleem Shahzad</b> <strong><font color="#999999" size="1">(Jun 2, '03)</font></strong><br><br><a href="/web/20030604144232/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EF03Ak01.html "><strong>Running circles around Iran</strong></a><br>Although the reports have been officially denied, news that Azerbaijan and Georgia could be used as launch pads for a United States military strike against Iran have not gone down very well in Tehran. Nor in Moscow, for that matter. - <b>Hooman Peimani <font color="#999999" size="1">(Jun 2, '03)</font></b><br><br><strong><font color="red">COMMENTARY</font><br></strong><a href="/web/20030604144232/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EF03Ak02.html "><strong>A threadbare emperor tours the world</strong></a><br>Despite the smiles and sycophancy that will greet President George W Bush as he swings around the world, all is not well within the empire, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq. And there's trouble on the home front, too. - <b>Jim Lobe <font color="#999999" size="1">(Jun 2, '03)</font></b></font><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><strong><br> </strong></font></font> <p></p> <p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="133" align="right" border="0"> <tr> <td width="38"> <p align="center"><img height="27" src="/web/20030604144232im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/arrow_button.gif" width="28"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030604144232/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/war_and_terror8.html"></a></p> </td> <td width="95"><a href="/web/20030604144232/http://atimes.com/atimes/War_and_Terror10.html"><font color="navy"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="navy" size="1"><u><strong>May 2003</strong></u></font></font></a>  <a href="/web/20030604144232/http://atimes.com/atimes/War_and_Terror8.html"><font color="navy"><font size="1"></font></font> </a> </td> </tr> </table> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <br> </td> <td valign="top" width="26%"><b><font 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