Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...involve more pressure. "It might be a tightening of further sanctions," Cohen said. He called military action "a last option," but if it is needed, "you can be reasonably assured it will not be a pinprick." "No more pinpricks," echoed Marine General Anthony Zinni, who heads the U.S. Central Command in the gulf. The things that matter most to Saddam, Zinni suggested, are his Republican Guard forces and his command and control systems. During recent talks with leaders in the region, he said, they told him to "go after the things that matter most, the things that keep...
What will that turn out to be? The first target set is sure to include Saddam's command-and-control and air-defense systems--pulverized in 1991 but steadily rebuilt in the years since. Because the strategy is to make the targets "proportional"--that is, linked to the weapons of mass destruction that have precipitated this mess--the Pentagon is leaning against bombing Saddam's dozens of palaces or waging an all-out assault on his Republican Guard, although locations and Guard units thought to be harboring biological weapons will be hit. They won't target Saddam...
Years of repression have all but silenced opposition to Saddam Hussein, who can command mass demonstrations of devotion at any time. As the specter of a U.S. attack rose, obedient Iraqis streamed into the presidential palace to act as human shields. They chanted and moved on cues from government officials. Most appeared enthusiastic, waved posters of the Iraqi leader and vowed absolute loyalty. Some mothers with young children seemed exhausted and indifferent. Others were confused: "How long must we stay?" "What should we do?" They received no answers...
...Stalin asked sarcastically when it was suggested that the Pope join the Yalta talks: ?How many divisions does he command?? Wei had been one of the most celebrated opponents of the Communist regime in Beijing, but freedom and exile may propel him into the political wilderness...
...tougher stand on Beijing ? ?If you look aside when gangsters abuse your neighbors, then you will never be safe," he opines. "Only when all people band together against such gangsters will all be safe.? But he was quickly eclipsed by those Iowa infants ? who, in the battle for ratings, command many more divisions than...