Walker: The US has not ruled out the war option against Iraq
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/30/2002

Chairman of the Middle East Institute in the US Edward walker, currently visiting Kuwait said that his country has not ruled out the option of war against Iraq, noting other alternatives to destabilize the Iraqi regime. Alternatives means cooperation with sides which have interests to toppling the Iraqi regime.

In a statement to the Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas issued on Wednesday Walker disclosed that there are American sides trying to violate relations between Washington and each of Riyadh and Cairo. He expressed his conviction these attempts will not succeed.

Walker ruled out sending international forces to the Palestinian territories in the absence of a peace agreement. He indicated that there are sums collected in the US in the form of donations in order to build settlements in the Palestinian territories.

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