Arab, European intelligence meet on implications of a war against Iraq

Well-informed diplomatic sources told the London- based al-Hayat daily in its Wednesday's issue that high ranking officials in European and Arab intelligence as well as the Americans are currently meeting in an Arab capital in order to discuss the implications of any war against Iraq on the Middle East and the Gulf states.

The sources said that the meeting which started on Tuesday and will last for three days will discuss reports on security conditions in the Arab states and the likely reflections of the war, besides scenarios debated to contain the Middle East crisis before the beginning of the war.