Asia Times Newsletter - 04/02/2003

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                        color=#000000><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><A 
                        href="http://newsletters.quiltropolis.net/t.asp?S=64&ID=1008&NL=185&N=1069&SubscriberID=751468&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eatimes%2Ecom%2Fatimes%2FMiddle%5FEast%2FED03Ak02%2Ehtml+"><STRONG>Detecting 
                        disinformation, without radar</STRONG></A></FONT><FONT 
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                        align=left vspace=3 border=0>How does one tell genuine 
                        reporting from an article manufactured to produce the 
                        desired propaganda effect? Take a recent item claiming 
                        that Shi'ites in Basra were staging a revolt against the 
                        Saddam regime ... - <STRONG>Gregory Sinaisky</STRONG> 
                        </FONT><FONT color=#999999><FONT 
                        color=#000000><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000><BR><A 
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                        face=Arial size=2>Iran stakes its Iraq 
                        claim</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><FONT face=Arial 
                        size=2>Officially, Iran and Iraq are in a state of 
                        no-peace, no-war, and there is certainly little love 
                        lost between the neighbors. But since the conclusion of 
                        the eight-year war between them in 1988, Tehran has 
                        desisted from advocating a regime change in Baghdad. 
                        This week that changed - and the United States had 
                        better take note. - <B>Hooman 
                        Peimani</B> <BR><BR>    <IMG 
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                        face=Arial size=2>Tehran tests the military 
                        waters</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> 
                        <BR><BR></FONT><A 
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                        face=Arial size=2>Pentagon squares off against Powell, 
                        Europe</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><FONT face=Arial 
                        size=2>The issue of who will be in charge of the 
                        post-Saddam Hussein occupation of Iraq pits the Pentagon 
                        against Secretary of State Colin Powell and the State 
                        Department and its allies in Europe, notably British 
                        Prime Minister Tony Blair. And like the fighting in 
                        Iraq, the battle promises to be a protracted one. - 
                        </FONT><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim 
                        Lobe<BR><BR></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial 
                        color=#ff0000 size=2><STRONG>THE ROVING 
                        EYE<BR></STRONG></FONT><A 
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                        face=Arial size=2>Shifting sands, shifting 
                        alliances<BR></FONT></STRONG></A><FONT face=Arial 
                        size=2>The shifting sands of the Middle East's deserts 
                        are being matched by shifting alliances in the Arab 
                        world, where neutrality can mean intervention (as per 
                        Iran), and where loyalties can change overnight - 
                        witness the Iraq opposition in exile. One constant 
                        remains, though. Every day, more and more Arabs are 
                        committing to fight for Iraq. - </FONT><STRONG><FONT 
                        face=Arial size=2>Pepe 
                        Escobar<BR><BR></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial 
                        color=red size=2><STRONG>SPEAKING 
                        FREELY<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT 
                        color=#000000><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>An 
                        occasional column in which guest writers have 
                        their say. <BR><FONT 
                        color=#000000></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG><A 
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                        face=Arial size=2><STRONG>The myth of the 'bogged down' 
                        war<BR></STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT 
                        size=2>Much is being made of tactical errors, the Iraq 
                        war grinding to a halt, and US-led forces meeting 
                        "fierce resistance". It's nonsense. General Douglas 
                        MacArthur's miscalculation that the Chinese would not 
                        enter the Korean War was a tactical error. Four million 
                        soldiers dying over three years in that war was fierce 
                        fighting. Snappy soundbites and clever cliches don't 
                        necessarily reflect the reality in Iraq.<STRONG> - 
                        Geoffrey Sherwood</STRONG></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
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                        <BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT 
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                        face=Arial size=2>West vs East, daggers 
                        drawn</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><FONT face=Arial 
                        size=2>Conflict between West and East in the Mesopotamia 
                        heartland is nearly as old as the land itself, and in 
                        these age-old battles there are lessons to be learned - 
                        for anyone who cares to take the time to study them. 
                        </FONT><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>- K Gajendra 
                        Singh<BR><BR></FONT></STRONG><A 
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                        face=Arial size=2>Coming to terms with the 'great 
                        equalizers'<BR></FONT></STRONG></A><FONT face=Arial 
                        size=2>As United States and British forces in Iraq face 
                        up to the harsh reality of suicide bombers, they could 
                        do worse than turn for guidance to Israel, which has had 
                        to deal with the threat for many years. But in 
                        comparison to the Israelis, the coalition troops have 
                        several key advantages.</FONT></FONT><BR></P><FONT 
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                        face=Arial size=2>Pakistan prepares for the 
                        worst<BR></FONT></STRONG></A><FONT face=Arial 
                        size=2>Pakistan, increasingly concerned that it might be 
                        on the US hit list, is not standing still waiting. 
                        President General Pervez Musharraf is attempting to put 
                        a more acceptable stamp on his government with overtures 
                        to former premier Benazir Bhutto, and he's also ringing 
                        the changes among the top brass of the armed forces. - 
                        </FONT><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Syed Saleem 
                        Shahzad<BR><BR></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial 
                        color=#ff0000 size=2><STRONG>HEY 
                        JOE<BR></STRONG></FONT><A 
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                        face=Arial size=2>Philippines sits on HIV time 
                        bomb</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><FONT size=2><FONT 
                        face=Arial>While the Philippines Department of Health 
                        reports that only 1,503 Filipinos have contracted HIV, a 
                        new book challenges that low figure and shows how 
                        conditions are ripe in this very Catholic nation for 
                        AIDS to spread viciously. <STRONG>- Ted 
                        Lerner</STRONG></FONT><BR><BR></FONT><FONT 
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                        face=Arial size=2>Russia warns of Iraqi fallout 
                        <BR></FONT></STRONG></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT 
                        size=2><FONT color=#000000>Moscow has sounded a clear 
                        warning that North Korea and Iran could - given the 
                        events unfolding in their fellow "axis of evil" member 
                        Iraq - be pushed further down the path towards 
                        using weapons of mass destruction. And if anyone should 
                        know, it's Russia. - </FONT><FONT 
                        color=#000000><STRONG>Sergei Blagov 
                        </STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#999999>(Apr 1, '03)</FONT> 
                        <BR><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000000><FONT 
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                        face=Arial size=2>Sun Tzu: The real father of shock and 
                        awe</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>As 
                        the phrase "shock and awe" becomes part of the media's 
                        lexicon, the roots of the military strategy are found in 
                        a book by 5th century BC Chinese military 
                        philosopher Sun Tzu. Sun's work on war has punctuated 
                        the debate under way since it emerged that Washington's 
                        initial battle plans have not produced the desired 
                        results. <FONT color=#999999>(Apr 1, '03)</FONT> 
                        <BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT 
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                        color=#000000><FONT color=#ff0000><BR><A 
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                        face=Arial size=2>The new Iraq-bin Laden 
                        connection<BR></FONT></STRONG></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT 
                        size=2><FONT color=#000000>Al-Jazeera's broadcast 
                        last month of a speech made by Osama bin Laden was 
                        immediately used by the Bush administration in its 
                        attempt to link Iraq and al-Qaeda. Now, Iraqis are using 
                        the very same speech as motivation for resisting US-led 
                        forces in their country. - </FONT><FONT 
                        color=#000000><STRONG>B Raman <FONT color=#999999>(Mar 
                        31, '03)</FONT></STRONG> </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT 
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                        size=2>ANALYSIS</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT><FONT 
                        face=Arial size=2> <BR></FONT><A 
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                        face=Arial size=2>Could Saddam still 
                        win?</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT 
                        size=2>Saddam Hussein's strategy, as is now evident 
                        after more than a week of fighting, is to sacrifice open 
                        spaces but hold urban areas and conduct guerrilla-style 
                        harassment operations in coalition rearguard areas. This 
                        promises a long and bloody war. But defeat under such 
                        circumstances could turn out to be Saddam's ultimate 
                        victory. - <B>Marc Erikson <FONT color=#999999>(Mar 28, 
                        '03)</FONT></B></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT 
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                                face=Arial size=2>All the war 
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                                size=2><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG>SARS 
                                CRISIS</STRONG></FONT><BR></FONT></FONT><A 
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                                face=Arial size=2>1.3 billion Chinese in the 
                                dark</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><FONT face=Arial 
                                size=2>The spread of severe acute respiratory 
                                syndrome is making East Asians in particular 
                                quite nervous about the illness that has 
                                infected more than 1,800 people worldwide and 
                                killed more than 60. The tragic irony is that 
                                the country where it originated - China - 
                                has told its people, and the World Health 
                                Organization, next to 
                                nothing.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><A 
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