(Sydney Morning Herald) Paul McGeough - Even as the Arab League's Amr Moussa warned that a U.S. strike on Iraq would "open the gates of hell," Arab leaders have said nothing about a very obvious U.S. military build-up in the region - not even the suggestion that an ambassador might be recalled; not even a hint that they might resort to use of the oil weapon. "There will be demonstrations and the U.S. flag will be burnt. There will be fatwahs, and people will donate blood for the Iraqis that will never get to them. But major demonstrations will not be allowed," said Jamal Kashoggi, a Jeddah-based commentator.
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