Posted on 10/08/2002 12:20:37 AM PDT by kattracks
DOHA, Qatar As President Bush tried to rally the American people behind his tough stand toward Saddam Hussein, the foreign minister of Iraq arrived here yesterday on a mission to persuade Persian Gulf nations not to cooperate with a U.S. strike against his country.
Qatar was the final stop by Foreign Minister Naji Sabri on a trip to Iran, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. His message has been constant throughout the trip: the United States and Israel are the true axis of evil and that a U.S.-led strike against Iraq should be regarded as an attack on all Muslims.
But if Saddam and Sabri had hoped for active opposition by Persian Gulf nations to the idea of a strike by the United States to force a regime change in Baghdad, the trip was falling far short.
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