id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt pur1.32754077080848 United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Beyond Iraq : repercussions of Iraq stabilization and reconstruction policies : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, June 12, 2003 2003 .txt text/plain 10577 606 67 on Iraq, the Middle East region, and United States foreign policy. And, second, what are the repercussions of United States' policies in Iraq on regional political and A number of important American interests intersect in the Middle East-including the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the war on terrorism, the decades long goal of achieving Arab-Israeli peace, our nation's dependence on gy The long-term challenge facing the United States in Iraq is developing a democratic political system while holding the country together. The Israeli fear was that if Saddam was not removed decisively by the United States, there would come a time when he would be able to reconstitute his weapons programs, the sanctions would end and Iraq would, in a matter of years, reestablish itself as the predominant military power on the peninsula. ./cache/pur1.32754077080848.pdf ./txt/pur1.32754077080848.txt