Syrian President Assad Offers Gloomy Prognosis That War with Iraq will Create Fertile Soil for Terrorism
"Countries would be partitioned, he says. There would be floods of refugees. Economies would grind to a halt. Foreign investment and trade would dry up. Poverty would deepen. The consequences are not going to be contained within Iraq, he says. The entire region will enter into the unknown. Far from eliminating the threat, the war would merely create fertile soil for terrorism. But Mr Assad believes war is inevitable. The Americans have made up their mind. Despite the UN resolutions and the fact that the inspectors are there, they are all the time announcing that they want to launch a strike against Iraq, he says."

Syrian President Assad Offers Gloomy Prognosis That War with Iraq will Create Fertile Soil for Terrorism
"Countries would be partitioned, he says. There would be floods of refugees. Economies would grind to a halt. Foreign investment and trade would dry up. Poverty would deepen. The consequences are not going to be contained within Iraq, he says. The entire region will enter into the unknown. Far from eliminating the threat, the war would merely create fertile soil for terrorism. But Mr Assad believes war is inevitable. The Americans have made up their mind. Despite the UN resolutions and the fact that the inspectors are there, they are all the time announcing that they want to launch a strike against Iraq, he says."