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Baghdad set a particularly nasty tone when Iraq became the only country to publicly applaud the attacks in the U.S. Stories swirled that Iraqi intelligence might have been involved, but so far nothing has been proved. Saddam Hussein will win this time only if the U.S. loses. No friend of Muslim extremists, Hussein has repeatedly attacked groups in his country. If U.S. actions against bin Laden lead to an Arab backlash against Washington, Iraq could help lead it, perhaps building better ties with Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia in the process. But if the U.S. succeeds in the main event in Afghanistan, the already deployed military may decide to turn west and clean up some unfinished business in Iraq. |
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