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CMDR. SCOTT WADDLE As facts surface, sub skipper has sinking feeling, hires civilian shark for lawyer and delays inquiry...
...secretary of state, just back from the Middle East after his first tour there as a civilian rather than a four-star general, was very much up on the first-night reviews of his performance. The liberal New York Times editorial was glowing: "a deft diplomatic debut," it said, noting that Powell "moved nimbly through his meetings" with Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat, and that he "gained new credit from his unpretentious diplomatic style". The Times concluded that while much remains to be done in that troubled region, "he is off to an impressive start." By contrast, the conservative Washington...
...this light, yesterday's statements by Secretary of State Colin Powell are an important step forward. By exempting from the sanctions some dual use items that are crucial to civilian life, the U.S. should be able to recalibrate the sanctions to ease their impact on the least fortunate in Iraqi society. Other medical, agricultural and educational supplies should be immediately exempted from the sanctions. In addition, the international community, and the United States in particular, should step up direct-aid efforts to help Iraqis affected by the sanctions. The oil-for-food program has not been a success--Hussein...
...There was a very loud noise and the entire submarine shuddered." JOHN HALL, civilian oilman who pulled the levers to start the rapid surfacing maneuver on the U.S.S. Greeneville, which led to the boat's collision with a Japanese fishing trawler...
...speaks mainly of reinvigorating the sanctions. To do that, he will need to convince Arab and European allies that Saddam is playing and winning a propaganda game by letting his people starve. And to bring the allies back aboard, Powell will need to draw up an approach that reduces civilian hardships while concentrating embargoes on things that count. Powell has taken to saying sanctions are really about ensuring that Iraq complies with 1991 cease-fire agreements limiting its weaponry of all kinds. So the U.S. will "refocus" on stopping sales of arms and weapons materials, shortening the list of controlled...