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AL-BAYAN (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)

Bush seeks help on bin Laden arrest

President Bush has asked for help from the British Special Forces to help capture al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

A U.S. intelligence source said if Bush succeeded in getting rid of Saddam Hussein and arrests bin Laden before his term expires, he can then claim he made the “world a safer place.”

AL-HAYAT (LONDON)

Zebari says Obama vows no ‘dramatic changes’

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari told Al-Hayat that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign aides assured Baghdad two weeks ago that he “will not introduce dramatic changes in Washington’s policy toward Iraq if he wins the election.”

Mr. Zebari said that the commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, also expected “no sudden or quick changes because Obama listens to the views of the leaders on the ground.”

AL-RAYAH (QATAR)

Gadhafi: Obama ignorant or lying to Jews

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi criticized in a speech Sen. Barack Obama’s remarks to a pro-Israel U.S. lobby that Jerusalem should remain Israel’s undivided capital.

Col. Gadhafi said that “our Kenyan-American brother Obama’s statements on Jerusalem, supporting the Israelis and ignoring the Palestinians, show he is either ignorant of international politics and doesn’t understand the logic of the Middle East conflict, or he’s lying to the Jews in his election campaign.”

AL-MASRY AL-YOUM (EGYPT)

Olmert aides foresee talks with Syria soon

Aides to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel and Syria will soon be able to carry out direct negotiations.

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