Cosa c'è di errato?

codice:
<?
if ($ID1=="") {
$ID1="2";
}
if ($ID=="") {
$ID="1";
}
$query = "SELECT ID_areesx,Titolo_areesx FROM areesx WHERE ID_areesx = $ID1";
$result = mysql_query($query, $db);
while ($rows = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
echo "[img]images/indice3.gif[/img] ".$rows["Titolo_areesx"]."";

$query2 = "SELECT ID,Titolo,Area,Link,Sottoarea FROM sottoaree WHERE ID = $ID AND Area = $ID1";
$result2 = mysql_query($query2, $db);
while ($rows2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2)) {
echo " [img]images/indice3.gif[/img] ".$rows2["Titolo"]."";
}
}
?>
</td>
  </tr>
</table>


<?
$query = "SELECT ID,Titolo,Descrizione,Testo,Data,Ora,Scadenza,Area,Link,Sottoarea,Sottoarea2 FROM notizie WHERE Area = $ID1 AND Sottoarea = $ID ORDER BY ID DESC";
$result = mysql_query($query, $db);
while ($rows = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$link = $rows["Link"];
$area = $rows["Area"];
$sottoarea = $rows["Sottoarea"];
$sottoarea2 = $rows["Sottoarea2"];
if ($link=="" AND $sottoarea2=="") {
echo "[img]images/indice2.gif[/img] <font size=2><a href=articolo.php?ID2=".$rows["ID"]."&ID1=".$ID1.">".$rows["Titolo"]."</a></font>

";
}
if ($link!="" AND $sottoarea2=="") {
echo "[img]images/indice2.gif[/img] <font size=2>".$rows["Titolo"]."</font>

";
}
if ($sottoarea2!="") {

$query3 = "SELECT ID,Titolo,Area,Link FROM sottoaree WHERE ID = $ID";
$result3 = mysql_query($query3, $db);
while ($rows3 = mysql_fetch_array($result3)) {
if ($rows3["Link"]="") {
echo "[img]images/indice2.gif[/img] <font size=2><a href=sottoarea2.php?ID2=".$rows3["ID"]."&ID=".$ID."&ID1="$ID1.">".$rows3["Titolo"]."</a></font>

";
} else {
echo "[img]images/indice2.gif[/img] <font size=2>".$rows3["Titolo"]."</font>

";
}
}
}
}
?>
Dice:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting ',' or ';' in c:\programmi\easyphp1-7\www\database\sottoarea.php on line 70

La linea 70 sarebbe:

echo "[img]images/indice2.gif[/img] <font size=2><a href=sottoarea2.php?ID2=".$rows3["ID"]."&ID=".$ID."&ID1="$ID1.">".$rows3["Titolo"]."</a></font>

";