Anti-Israel sentiment in Europe has made it harder for the United States to secure an international coalition against Iraq, according to a senior Bush administration adviser. Richard Perle, chairman of the Defense Policy Board, told the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs on Tuesday that U.S. officials cannot talk to European countries about the war effort without the conversation shifting to U.S. support for Israel.
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