VOL. XLV

No 41

14-October-2002

Arab Press Review

(MEES Translation)

Post-SaddamIraq

The following is an extract from an interview with Dr Iyad 'Alawi, Secretary-General of the Iraqi National Accord (INA) that was first published in the Egyptian dailyal-Wafd and reproduced in the INAs Baghdad newspaper:

Q: The preparations for the US military attack aimed at bringing down Saddam Husain are prompting fears in some Arab states that any new regime in Baghdad would be in the pocket of the Americans....