Aug 24, 2000

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military has warned of an impending collapse asthe government prepares to agree on a defense budget.

Aug 28, 2000

JERUSLEM [MENL] -- Senior Israeli officials have said that the killing ofthree Israeli soldiers during an undercover raid in a West Bank village fora wanted Hamas leader may have been caused by friendly fire.

Sep 12, 2000

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey wants to increase its role in NATO's rapiddeployment force.

Sep 26, 2000

LONDON [MENL] -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is amassing military forcesin both the north and south of the country in what opposition sources saidcould be a renewed offensive against Kurdish and Shi'ite separatists.