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Aired: Thursday, April 10, 2003
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (AP)
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One unconfirmed intelligence report says Syria is harboring Iraqi leaders, including Saddam Hussein and his sons, and that country's weapons of mass destruction. Could Syria be the next U.S. target after Iraq?
Pentagon officials suggest that the U.S. may now turn its attention to the Palestinian terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah which have strong ties to Syria and Iran.
Murhaf Jouejati, Adjunct Scholar at the Middle East Institute, says that if the U.S. targets Syria next, it would further tarnish the U.S.'s reputation in the Middle East, and increase the already intense anti-American sentiments in the region.
Click the "Listen" link above to hear more about whether Syria is and should be next in Washington's hit list. |
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Murhaf Jouejati, Adjunct Scholar at the Middle East Institute
Louis Cantori, Professor of Political Science at the University of Maryland and Advisor to the U.S. State Department
Robert Freedman, Professor of Political Science at Baltimore Hebrew University and Visiting Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University |
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Post-Saddam Transition in Basra | Listen
The 1.3 million Iraqis in Basra have long lived under the strict control of Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party. Newsweek's Rod Nordland reports that the transition to life without Saddam in Basra is not going well.
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