Us Forces In Iraq Are Attempting To

*US forces in Iraq are attempting to seal the Syrian and Iranian borders on intelligence that outsiders are planning a big terrorist operation in hopes of discouraging the United Nations from sending a peacekeeping force. -al-Zaman. If true, it would show that the canny enemies of the US realize that internationalizing the reconstruction of Iraq will be a powerful legitimizing tool, and they wish to forestall it. American unilateralism suits them fine; it is an easy thing to whip people in the region up against.

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