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Richard Perle, one of United States Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's closest advisors leading up to the Gulf War, said that there is a 'good chance' for peaceful regieme change in Iran.In an interview published Tuesday, Perle urged European countries to join the United States of America in pushing 'to replace the dictorial regieme in Iran with the help of the opposition inside the country.'Reformists in Iran have been pressuring its hard line clerical rulers with protests. 'There is a good chance for peaceful regieme change,' Perle told the Berlin Daily Tegesspiegel.Iran, like Iraq was included by President Bush in the...

The Paris based Al-Muharrir news weekly said in its recent issue that Iraqi Foriegn Minister Naji Sabri informed the Secretary General of the Arab League that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is ready to put his resignation at the disposal of an Arab summit to be held in Baghdad, being plenary or mini, but he stressed Saudi Arabia participation in the summit is necessary.The paper quoted Sabri as saying to the Arab League Chief, Amr Moussa, that Saddam Hussein welcomes the Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz which he considers 'a friend and a dear brother.'The magazine also said that...