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...solution, since no one believed that the battle plan was sufficient to depose Saddam or destroy his hidden chemical and biological weapons. Washington faced the reality that Annan would have to try to work out something with Saddam. But Clinton wanted Annan to go to Baghdad hard-wired to broker only the kind of deal the President could accept...
...signed two contracts with Wang and then arranged for the organ broker to meet someone he said was a member of the board, but who was really an FBI agent in disguise. This time both Wang and Fu were present, and according to the federal complaint, Wang "discussed the methods by which Chinese prisoners are executed." (Amnesty International says that if corneas are needed, prisoners are shot in the chest; those who are slated to donate kidneys are shot in the head.) Fu also guaranteed that any lungs would come from nonsmokers. After haggling a bit over the price...
...sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky beyond kissing on the mouth. He said their relationship did include exchanging messages and gifts -- including that now infamous book of Walt Whitman poetry. The President admitted talking with his friend Vernon Jordan, who resumed his grand jury testimony Thursday, about the Washington power broker?s efforts to find the former intern a job. But -- and perhaps this is the most important detail -- Clinton added that it was Betty Currie, not himself, who initiated that job hunt on Lewinsky?s behalf. Currie, the President?s private secretary, has been called to testify a second time...
Kofi Annan isn't the first statesman to try to broker a last-minute peace. Here are some past attempts...
...generals on Wall Street do love a war. There's nothing like the smell of smart bombs in the morning--as long as they're ours--to arouse feelings of invincibility. And what better frame of mind for dialing one's broker and cheerfully picking up another 100 shares of Boeing or Lockheed Martin? With Saddam the Sequel possibly only days away, I guess it's no shocker that the market has hit new highs for the first time in six months...