Word: bayati
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sense of mounting dread. The Administration has so far withheld outright military assistance for a guerrilla campaign, and would-be recipients fear the bombings will create a false impression of progress toward Saddam's ouster. "Saddam can emerge as a hero who faced down U.S. imperialism," said Hamid Bayati, spokesman for the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, an opposition group backed by Iran. "He will attract more sympathy for Iraq among Muslims. Mounting the strikes without a political strategy to overthrow the regime could be counterproductive...