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Monday, March 24, 2003 at 10:00 AM EST
The Arab Call For Allied Withdrawal
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At a meeting in Cairo, the Arab League calls for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. and British forces from Iraq. A look at the sentiment in the Arab world about the war.

Guests:

Rami Khouri, Editor of the Daily Star, an English language newspaper in Beirut

Ned Walker, president of the Middle East Institute in Washington and former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs

Youssef Ibrahim, group editor for Energy Intelligence, former Middle East and energy correspondent for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and a former senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations

 
 

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