The Arabs know they owe him for defeating Iraq.

After a coalition led by the United States easily defeated Iraq in the gulf war, consumer confidence soared.

This could indeed be a weakness in Mr Bush's determination to defeat Iraq.

Italy won the bronze Friday by defeating Iraq, 1-0.

That move was possible because the military machine to back it up was already in place once the Western alliance defeated Iraq.

Bush administration officials say that the United States could defeat Iraq without Turkey's support.

Unfortunately, Washington has apparently chosen to overlook or minimize the contributions of Iran to the allied strategy to defeat Iraq.

The great coalition assembled by the first President Bush to defeat and contain Iraq has collapsed.

Washington and Jerusalem agree that is in the common interest of defeating Iraq.

But holding together the international alliance that defeated Iraq is proving to be a formidable task.