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UNITED NATIONS: This is why Saddam Hussein didn?t fight back -- he has friends in high places. Security Council members France, Russia and China have officially called for an end to economic sanctions on Iraq and the firing of UNSCOM head Richard Butler, and the replacement of his inspectors with something about as effective as a gaggle of traveling salesmen. Their motives are as transparent as ever -- France and Russia want oil deals, and China just hates meddlers -- but that won?t make this tide any easier to turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was Iraq Action a Pyrrhic Victory? | 12/22/1998 | See Source »

...vowed full compliance with United Nations weapons inspectors. Clinton vowed it would be the last chance for Hussein to make such a promise. Now that the Iraqi leader has again failed to let the U.N. representatives do their work-as made clear in a report submitted Tuesday by Richard Butler, the chief U.N. weapons inspector-the time has passed for brokering with Iraq...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Showing Force | 12/17/1998 | See Source »

...inspectors went out on a series of surprise inspections Tuesday, testing Iraqi compliance ahead of Richard Butler's report to the U.N. later this week. Iraq, however, may be planning a new, risky gambit. "Iraq is downgrading its presence at the U.N. and may at this point actually want a U.S. military strike to boost its campaign for international support against sanctions," says Dowell. In other words, an exchange of bigger pieces may be on the horizon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Iraq Break the Stalemate? | 12/8/1998 | See Source »

...them, he betrayed them just when they needed him most. Then to top if off, he blames his woes on the "hateful cannibals" in his own party! This is like shaving yourself in a mirror, then afterward complaining that you were attacked by someone with a razor. ROBERT B. BUTLER Mahopac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 7, 1998 | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...takes uncommon courage and good sense to step down at this time. No more will Newt be the Democrat's whipping boy and everybody's scapegoat. But you watch: he'll be back in a new role; his integrity will be proved in the end! WANDA RAE BUTLER Mesquite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 7, 1998 | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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