VOL. XLV

No 35

2-September-2002

Arab Press Review

(MEES Translation)

The US Agenda For The Arab World

The following is acolumn entitled The Arabs Are In Danger by Ilias Khouri (Palestiniannovelist and author) that was published in al-Quds al-Arabi on 20 August:

At the start, the US gave the impression that it wantedsimply to bring down the Iraqi regime, while it was waging its total waragainst terrorism in the world. The US invaded Afghanistan and gave its protégé, Israel, a free hand in Palestine....