Article: Israeli defense minister warns American failure in Iraq will endanger world peace


AP Worldstream
04-09-2004
Dateline: JERUSALEM
Israel's defense minister warned in an interview published Friday that an American failure in Iraq would threaten world peace.

"If the Americans are forced to leave as a result of terror ... the axis of evil will raise its head and it is liable to endanger world peace," Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Yediot Aharonot daily.

However, Mofaz said he is convinced the Americans will prevail in Iraq and "overcome any attempt to turn Iraq into a terror state."

Israel, while remaining on the sidelines, was one of the biggest supporters of the effort to oust former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. During the first Gulf War Saddam shot 39 Scud missiles ...

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