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U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's recent scathing remark, voiced out of frustration, claimed that it was only the "Old Europe" that formed significant opposition in Europe to the U.S. plan to attack Iraq. Rumsfeld, of course, had our erstwhile allies France and Germany in mind, and the barb obviously hit home, producing a sharp counter-reaction from both countries.

When Turkey refused to help the United States fight the war against Iraq, it did so with some ambivalence.

Only expeditious US pullout from Afghanistan will prevent exacerbation of the crisis