No neighboring country could be involved, which pretty much limits it to the areas you mention.

I don't think it would take 100,000+ for internal order, particularly if all internal factions could agree to a constitutional monarchy, but....

The problem as always is Israeli expansion - it is impossible to suppress Moslem anger at Sharon, and thus "terrorists" will always have a ready support base....

(For example, remember the support the IRA used to recieve in the US?

And that is the only reason why our guys (and gals, old grouch that I am, I keep forgetting) are now going to be stuck in Iraq for a long long time to come...

EP