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British sources disclosed Yemen, Sudan, Somalia as next targets to US- British strikes

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Sources close to the British foreign intelligence MA 6 disclosed on Sunday that the first three countries which will be targeted by US and British military operations and landing of special forces on their territories to destroy bases for Osama Bin Laden organization, immediately after Afghanistan are Sudan, Somalia and Yemen, as a first phase and to be followed by a second phase in which terrorist areas in several Asian and African areas will be bombarded and so far left beds of terrorism will be then bombarded in four countries which are Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Iran.

The sources told the Kuwaiti daily al-Seyasah in its Monday's issue that the three countries which are considered the most fertile to elements and leaderships belong to Osama Bin Laden are still holding their camps and leaderships will be in top of the list of countries to be attacked after Afghanistan, as approved by the American President and the British prime minister.

The sources added that military preparations are constant to bombard targets in the said three countries and that a group of British and American pilots and planes and landing forces are being trained to this effect.

These sources confirmed news reports which say that the end of the war in Afghanistan is expected to be by the end of January 2002 to be followed by a phase of eliminating beds of terrorism in Kenya, Indonesia, the Philippines, the state of Kashmir and the province of Lisinjiang ( in China).

The sources stressed that Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Iran will be responsible for giving accounts in the third phase in a way that they have to abrogate all parties, organizations and movements lists on the American lists on terrorism, representing terrorists and wanted and to handed them to the countries whose citizens and terrorists were damaged by terrorism since the beginning of the 1980 s.

The sources explained that the supporters in Washington for striking Iraq, were lastly joined by the US national security advisor C. Rice despite the fact she is considered as a strong supporter to the US secretary of state Colin Powell who opposes strongly taking such a step.

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