CALL FOR ISRAEL, TURKEY TO IMPOSE WATER REGIME

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Turkey and Israel must lead a pro-Western alliance thatwill impose a water regime on the rest of the Middle East, a new reportsays. The report, issued by the Institute for Advanced Strategic and PoliticalStudies, said such an alliance would also comprise Jordan and Lebanon andinclude a defense pact to guarantee regional water supplies. TheU.S.-supported regime would insist on Lebanon's independence fromneighboring Syria and maintain deterrence against the Baathist regimes inDamascus and Baghdad.