Saddam's plan to disperse his forces and conduct a murderous insurgency, abetted by his terrorist allies, was a surprise.

And if an emboldened regime were to supply these weapons to terrorist allies, then the attacks of Sept. 11 would be a prelude to far greater horrors.

You may not be in a position to judge how valuable rendition has been to damaging Al Qaeda and its like-minded terrorist allies.

But Hamas is no longer just a terrorist ally of Islamic Jihad.

Soon, warlords would once again rule most of the country, the heroin trade would be booming, and terrorist allies would make a comeback.

With these capabilities, Saddam Hussein and his terrorist allies could choose the moment of deadly conflict when they are strongest.

States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.

Containment is not possible when unbalanced dictators with weapons of mass destruction can deliver those weapons on missiles or secretly provide them to terrorist allies.

"They could also give or sell those weapons to their terrorist allies, who would use them without the least hesitation."

Another terrorist ally of Arafat's is Syria, supporting Hezbollah's new rocket attacks from Lebanon.