Iraq is a very useful base to spread jihad in the Middle East. They have men there and weapons there and there is a breakdown in law and order. Conditions are similar to those in Afghanistan at one time.

The way forward is for Palestinians to realize that suicide bombers and this whole approach of violence has harmed the Palestinian cause. The trouble is that there is too much support for the policy of violence not just among Palestinians but also within the wider Arab world.

He fits in the sense he is of approximately the same age group as the hijackers. He comes from a simple but middle class background.

Revenge alone is not the answer. There has to be a complete eradication, an elimination of all the training camps.

U.N. weapons inspectors found empty chemical warheads in Iraq. So, the question everyone is asking now is how did Sean Penn miss this?

We assess that Iraq continues to hide critical (weapons of mass destruction) production equipment and material from U.N. inspectors,