European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 stars n d Stripe sunday april 1 2007 ii in beloved Iraq blood is flowing Between Brothers in the Shadow of an illegitimate foreign occupation and abhorrent sectarianism threatens a civil saudi King abdullah1 Amr saudi King Abdullah had been expected to Back solutions to the Iraq War at an Arab Summit but he called it an illegal occupation saudi King harshly criticizes for presence in Iraq by Lee Keath and Donna Abunasar the associated press Riyadh saudi Arabia King Abdullahu harsh and in attack on the Mil itary presence in Iraq could be a saudi attempt to signal to Washington its anger Over the situation in Iraq and build credibility among fellow arabs the kingdom has taken an aggressive leadership role to quiet Mideast troubles and wanted to show other arabs it was willing to put their interests above its close ties to the United states the White House on thursday rejected the Kings characterization of troops in Iraq As an illegitimate foreign saving the United states was not in Iraq illegally the United states and saudi Arabia have a close and cooperative relationship on a wide Range of White House spokes woman Dana Perino said and when it comes to the coalition forces being in Iraq we Are there under the Security Council resolutions and at the invitation of the iraqi we disagree with undersecretary of state Nicholas Burns told senators we were a Little surprised to see those re the King made his remarks wednesday at the opening ses Sion of the today Arab Summit his country hosted in Riyadh in beloved Iraq blood is flow ing Between Brothers in the Shadow of an illegitimate foreign occupation and abhorrent sectarian ism threatens a civil said Abdullah whose country is a aids officials warn Asia to see his cases double ally that quietly aided the 2003 invasion of Iraq a saudi official said the King was speaking As the president of the Summit and his remarks reflected general frustration with the Patchwork Job the Ameri cans Are doing to end violence in Iraq the King also wanted to Send a message that Iraq is an Issue that arabs cannot turn their backs on said the official who spoke on the condition of Anonym Ity the Summit took a Tough line on Iraq demanding it change its Constitution and military to include More sunnis and end a program of uprooting former members of Saddam Hussein baath party the sunni led governments of the Arab world have Long been suspicious of Iraq shiite Leader ship blaming it for fueling Vio Lence by discriminating against sunni arabs and accusing it of helping mainly shiite Iran extend its influence in the Region writers in some Arab Media suggested before the Summit that saudi Arabia would seek solutions that would Cater to interests the Kings remarks Are the biggest proof that those accusations were said Dawood a Shirian a saudi analyst in the Issue of Iraq saudi Arabia went far beyond most other Arab countries it went beyond the de tails and right to the a Shirian said he expected other Arab countries to take saudi arabian Lead in consider ing the presence of troops an illegal occupation if saudi Ara Bia didst blame the occupation the blame would fall on the iraqis who Are victims How can you blame the victim he asked the associated press Manila Philippines the number of people in Asia infected with the aids virus threatens to double Over the next five years unless governments do More to Stop the spread of his officials said Friday about million people Are infected in Asia with his at the current level of inadequate response it is expected this number will Rise to about 20 million in the next five the Independent commission on aids in Asia said the nine member commission funded by the joint United nations program on or in aids is holding its today South East Asia sub regional workshop in Manila it said the number of deaths currently averages around yearly and financial losses to the asian Region Are 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