Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last week, after Iraq announced it would halt U.N. weapons inspections, U.S. officials accelerated plans to dynamite SADDAM HUSSEIN into compliance. As the Pentagon refined its strategy, Defense Secretary WILLIAM COHEN and National Security Adviser SAMUEL BERGER hit the road to sell the plan to Arab and European leaders. While they got a frosty public response, officials say the private message was a tacit green light. Result: PRESIDENT CLINTON may decide to hit Iraq without a U.N. vote, something that has bottled up attack plans in the past. The strike could come this week. Chances of a bombing were enhanced...
...Africa by Muslim extremists and other escalating terrorist advances against the U.S., the film depicts events very similar to those that are happening around us, much as Primary Colors did about the Clinton sex scandal. An action film taught with suspense, The Siege has also raised the ire of Arab-American groups fuming at yet another portrayal of Arabs as crazed religious zealots and bombers. The Siege has many shortfalls, including two-dimensional characters. The Siege has its thrills and suspenses, and its big name cast shouldn't fail to lure the crowds, but don't expect much more than...
...Iraq's attitude may well change in the face of a large-scale military campaign: "Saddam created this crisis believing that the U.S. would be isolated and back down," says MacLeod. Instead, eight key Arab states issued a statement Thursday warning Baghdad that there was nothing they could do to avert an attack, and responsibility for avoiding confrontation rests squarely with Baghdad. "Saddam's primary concern is the survival of his regime," says MacLeod. "He believes he'd come out on top if the U.S. backed down, and even if it launched a limited series of air strikes...
Because of Arab pressure, and the need for oil, however, a homeland for the Jews remained merely a dream for three years, the film recounts...
...defiant Iraqi spokesman said Baghdad would make no concessions. "Iraq has accepted a U.S. attack as a fait accompli," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "They see it as the next step in their battle against sanctions. Iraq believes it can withstand U.S. attacks, and that pressure from Arab countries will eventually force Washington to back down...