Given the assertion 'It had been publicly declared years earlier, most notably in a declaration faxed early in 1998 to an Arabic-language newspaper in London.', does 'There were no indications of this being a possibility.' offer a contrary position?
It had been publicly declared years earlier, most notably in a declaration faxed early in 1998 to an Arabic-language newspaper in London.###There were no indications of this being a possibility.