I was called for an immediate council meeting and we all were told the United States have attacked Afghanistan.

"Why is the United States attacking again when we have offered them a way out?"

Yet according to the 9/11 commission report, two-thirds of the world's Muslims fear that the United States may attack them.

Nothing significant can be done about these global imbalances unless the United States attacks its own problems.

The United States has attacked no one, the ambassador insisted, struggling to keep her temper under control.

In one long moment yesterday, word that the United States had attacked Baghdad swept the country.

But that offer was conditional on the United States and its allies not attacking Iraq.

"But the United States is not attacking us, because we are strong militarily."

People say they fear that the United States will attack the plant, and anxiety has run high.

Analysts say that if it becomes clear the United States will attack Iraq, oil prices are likely to spike up.