ABSTRACT
Hussein Sumaida recounts a most remarkable story in his autobiography Circle of Fear: My Life as an Israeli and Iraqi Spy and it is all the more remarkable if true. As America gets closer to initiating hostilities against Saddam Hussein's foul regime in Iraq, the Middle East is sending out a howl of protest, arguing that "the risks of an attack far outweigh any threat he may pose". Other than Turkey and Israel, the Middle East continues to boast fewer real elections, fewer human rights and fewer industrial exports than almost any other region. Much of the world, led by the French, Russian, and Chinese governments, concurs, leaving only the British, Israelis, and Iraq's opposition firmly supporting American threats to finish off Saddam. The fate of Iraq, whether it remains subject to Saddam's depredations or is liberated, may depend as much on the mood of ordinary Americans as it will on the capabilities of American troops.
