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from The Wrap, Guardian Unlimited's round-up of today's papers. >>> ISRAEL DEFIANT The Middle East again dominates the broadsheets. The Guardian leads on Israel's defiance of US demands to pull out of the occupied territories, and the Telegraph on Tony Blair's declaration that Britain will take military action against Iraq, while the Independent reports that the EU is considering sanctions against Israel. The Times says that Mr Blair and Mr Bush have formulated a plan to send international observers to police a truce in the West Bank. Speaking after two days of talks at George Bush's ranch, Mr Blair yesterday brushed aside mounting opposition among Labour MPs to declare that Britain supported a "regime change" in Iraq. But the Independent doubts the "linkage" (the foreign policy concept of the moment, it says) between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida suggested by Mr Bush. Despite plenty of opportunity Saddam has been either "uninterested or unsuccessful" in sponsoring anti-American terrorism, it argues. All the papers carry Baghdad's reply to the sabre-rattling: a threat to fight back with "stones, missiles and war planes". The Mirror's front page is taken up with a cartoon showing Mr Blair as the president's poodle. "Sit, beg, fetch, roll over ... KILL," orders Mr Bush in full Texan cowboy dress. Inside, the political commentator Paul Routledge says that the prime minister obviously enjoyed his stay in the "poodle parlour" as he "appeared for the cameras with what's left of his hair all fluffy and nice". More than 30 Palestinians were killed yesterday in the West Bank as Israeli troops pushed further into Jenin and continued their onslaught in Nablus. US officials say Mr Bush has put his credibility on the line by twice calling for a withdrawal, the Guardian reports. Its Jerusalem correspondent, Suzanne Goldenberg, says that Ariel Sharon is shoring up far right support for his coalition government, and despite US demands is likely to continue the assault until Thursday or Friday. * Get out now, US tells defiant Sharon http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,680653,00.html * Washington's patience pushed to the limit http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,680498,00.html * Times: Blair and Bush in new plan for Israel http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-260528,00.html * Telegraph: We are ready to hit Iraq, says Blair http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/08/wmid08.xml&sSheet=/portal/2002/04/08/ixport.html ===== Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace. Weekly peace walks around Lake Merritt in Oakland. Starts & ends at the colonnade between Grand & Lakeshore Avenues, 3 P.M., every Sunday. Info: (510)763-8712, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or http://www.webwm.com/LMNOP __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
