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Some Evidence on Iraq Called Fake (Washington Post): "U.N. Nuclear Inspector Says Documents on Purchases Were Forged....'We fell for it,' said one U.S. official who reviewed the documents. A spokesman for the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] said the agency did not blame either Britain or the United States for the forgery. The documents 'were shared with us in good faith,' he said."

Unleashing the dogs of cyber-war on Iraq! (Salon.com): "Saddam Hussein could lose Internet access at the flip of a switch, and there's not much his geeks can do about it."

Beyond Iraq, U.N. Is Issue (NY Times): "No one mentioned it publicly, but some members said they were also thinking about North Korea. If the Security Council cannot play the primary authorizing role in Iraq, it might throw the international system off balance in trying to unite in preventing the Korean peninsula from becoming a zone of nuclear threat and competition.

Then comes Iran, where international concerns about a secret nuclear weapons program are rising as Tehran's leaders sharply expand their civilian nuclear industries with heavy Russian assistance and technology.

In each case, America has asserted a security interest in the potential threats. Thus the consequences for how the Iraq crisis is resolved radiate out in many directions.