The impact of the Iraq war on global stability

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Malaysia’s Mahathir Says World in State of Terror: By Jalil Hamid, Reuters, [23 February 2003]. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the world was in a state of terror, allowing fear of Muslims to affect international policy, and a war on Iraq would be seen as a war on Muslims. The attack against Iraq will simply anger more Muslims who see this as being anti-Muslim rather than anti-terror.
Another Gulf War, another al-Qaeda: By Ahmad Faruqui, Asia Times, 20 March 2003. The US decision to prosecute the Gulf War in 1991 spawned al-Qaeda. The overwhelming majority of Arabs felt that new war with Iraq would worsen the chances for peace in the Middle East. It is likely that post-Saddam Iraq will be even more chaotic and dangerous than Iraq under Saddam.
Mussa warns of Iraq war spilling over: Middle East Online, 1 April 2003. Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa expressed concern that the Iraq war could spill over and destabilise the entire Middle East. The day Baghdad falls, is the beginning of the real war. . .with a lot of violence and confrontation.
War in Iraq goes beyond scope of local conflict: Russian Information Agency (Novisti), 4 April 2003. Russia and China believe that the war against Iraq in its consequences is going beyond the scope of a local conflict and may affect the regional and global security, stability and development.