I received this from a private security firm, the Emergency Response &
Research Institute, Chicago. Al-Quds is a Palestinian paper, I think.
This gives an idea of how Saddam Hussein’s regime might portray possible
air and missile attacks, much of which could be launched from US and
possibly UK ships:

“‘Ali Al-Khalili writes in reference to the slaughter of tourists in
Egypt (at the Luxor temple):
“All the lines have been crossed in the degradation of the Arabs,
their suppression, robbery of their resources, and the attempts to expel
them from history ….
“The Arabs learned on their cut and burnt skin what their role is
… and are trying to exit the dark wells into the light. Washington and
Israel fear this Arab exit, and therefore they choose for each Arab
state a [different] form of disaster that will hit it and sink it ….
“One form [of disaster] for Egypt, and other [forms] for Iraq,
Libya, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and the Sudan, until the end of the
list of the cut and burnt skin. Until when will the planned disasters
continue? ….”
[Source: Al-Quds (Independent Daily), November 20, 1997 – Translated
from Arab sources.]

“[ERRI analysis: This report is one of several Arab writings that we
have reviewed, blaming the U.S. and Israel for the recent massacre in
Luxor, Egypt. Most give the impression that there is an on-going
conspiracy to commit terrorist acts and then blame them on
fundamentalist radical Moslems. It would appear part of a larger
disinformation campaign to discredit the American and Jewish {Israeli}
governments and incite further anger in Arab populations.]”