THE NIGER TIMEBOMB,Independent,UK--New World Media Watch

[Gloria]

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WORLD MEDIA WATCH For August 11, 2003


1//The Independent, UK--THE NIGER TIMEBOMB (We have spoken to the Iraqi diplomat Britain accuses of trying to buy uranium for Saddam. If what he has told us is true, his evidence will blow apart one of Mr Blair's main justifications for war.)



2//Arab News, Saudi Arabia--CAN SADDAM EVADE CAPTURE FOREVER? (It was exactly three months ago when Iraq’s deposed dictator Saddam Hussein was last seen in public. And it is precisely 100 days since the US-led coalition launched a formal hunt for him. And, yet, as The US Secretary of State Colin Powell admitted in Washington Thursday night, the Americans are nowhere near capturing the fugitive. One may wonder why? The short answer is that no one has been really looking for him.)



3//Inter Press Service, Italy--ANALYSIS: ADMINISTRATION PARALYSED OVER IRAN (Does the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush still consider al-Qaeda and its associates the main target in its almost three-year-old ''war on terrorism'', or has its military victory in Iraq whetted its appetite for bigger game? That is effectively the question that the powers-that-be in Iran appear to be posing to Washington at a critical moment in the war's evolution. The administration appears deadlocked over an answer.)



4//Gulf News Online, United Arab Emirates--IRAN NOT AN EASY TARGET FOR REGIME CHANGE (All in all, it will be more difficult for the United States to succeed in its campaign to do the regime change in Iran the way it has already done in Iraq. The Islamic Republic of Iran is no way similar to Iraq for the reasons mentioned above and many other reasons that will make it impossible for the Americans to form a strong international coalition against the Iranian regime which has many friends worldwide. Most importantly, the whole world, including the Americans, is watching the poor performance of the coalition in post-Saddam Iraq.)

5//The News International, Pakistan--NATO NEEDS TIME BEFORE ANY AFGHANISTAN EXPANSION (In its first ever operation outside Europe, NATO will take over the 5,000-strong, 31-nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Monday. But the ISAF mandate will remain limited to Kabul despite repeated calls by the government and the United Nations for its deployment to the provinces to ensure security for humanitarian and reconstruction efforts and elections next June.)

[Cha]

1. I hope what "he" says is true! I want tony to get Caught with

his pants down.

[jmcgowanjm]

2. Great Site! I'd trade off this info

NATO takes over tomorrow in Afghanistan
(I didn't know Afghanistan
bordered the Atlantic)-I had no idea.
TSATHTF

[jmcgowanjm]

3. A thought-what if USsoldiers start killing people supplying AC/DC

For some reason , smuggling oil in tonnes by tanker out
of Basra ,
brought this to mind

[BenDavid]

4. Well Hell,

is this not the main staple of what Bush used was British Intel and has not backed down from it. So, if this man stays with his story and is believeable then maybe the media whores here in the U S will begin to ask more questions. But I must digress here a second. When you have Kobi, Laci, California recall and that is all that is being covered by the 24/7 cables and now it seems the Big 3, then the press let's Bush slide again. I feel like saying, "wake me up when this is all over"

[KoKo]

5. Thanks, Gloria! Your "Media Watch" gives us perspective and keeps us

going!