Reply #20: Whatever side you are on, the implications of this story are frightening.

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But he (Mofaz) warned that "if the Americans are forced to withdraw from Iraq as a result of terrorist pressures, a new and dangerous Arab regime will seize power. The axis of evil will lift its head again and threaten world peace."

By contrast, Palestinian militant groups expressed their solidarity with Iraqi insurgents.

Hamas chief Abdelaziz Rantissi said late Thursday: "We want to tell you that we are with you. Here, we fight the terrorism of Israel and you fight American terrorism."

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In other words, we have turned Iraq into the new center of an ongoing war. What a success for American foreign policy.