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...program (even though Pyongyang promptly announced the program was proceeding). Even proud Iran was making conciliatory noises. The newspapers in Tehran were hot with argument over a proposed public referendum on whether to re-establish diplomatic relations with the Great Satan. The idea was floated by former President Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the cleverest politician in the country, one who has positioned himself between the reformers and the mullahs, with links to both camps...
...Saddam speech was a pep talk for the troops. He urged continued resistance and praised the battle performance of Iraqi soldiers, paramilitaries, policemen and tribal warriors. The speech was punctuated by Islamic references and cries of ?Allahu Akbar? (?God is Great?). Saddam scoffed at U.S. plans for a quick victory, making clear that Iraq's strategy is to draw American forces into a military and political quagmire. "The enemy is working on making (the war) short," Saddam said, "and we, with the will of God, are working on making it long and heavy, so that the enemy will sink...
...IRAQI FLAG'S three green stars represent Iraq, Syria and Egypt-in anticipation of a political union that never came about. The phrase Allahu Akbar (God is great) was added among the stars by Saddam during the 1991 Gulf...
...things are in the desert and they show you a boy named Saifudden. He is five, but looks two. He is too weak to walk, crawl or do anything but loll in his bearer's arms. He is bald, and his arms and legs are like sticks. Mohammed Akbar, 48, says Saifudden is an orphan. "Well, soon anyway." Akbar explains that Saifudden's father fled this ravaged village three months ago because of the drought and that his mother is dying fast. Ask about food and the villagers say that, born in the year the rains first failed, Saifudden...
...dust-bowl fields around Mazar, the growing foreign demand and new freedom to exploit it translate into a rare chance at riches. While prices are minimal compared with the eventual $3,000 to $8,000 a kilo that Afghan hash fetches in the West, Northern Alliance commander Akbar Khan says farming anything except cannabis makes little sense. "A kilo of wheat sells for 20,000 Afghanis (40?)," he explains. "But a kilo of chaars will sell for 10 million...