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...organization staffed with political types." Although he allowed that it still remains U.S. policy to rid Iraq of Saddam, for now "we're still into a containment period" that could be successful for quite a while. For how long? He wouldn't say, but his analogies - Cuba and the Soviet Union - will surely scandalize hard-liners, who think Saddam could be ousted in a year. If Powell emerges as the dove in the Bush Cabinet, as some predict, he could be in for heavy flak from more than just a few editorial writers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colin Powell Reviews His Reviews | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

...sake, think about the other guy. We were going to invade Cuba and destroy Castro," he said. "We're going to have a World War III if we don't learn from this...

Author: By Allison I. Rogers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Former Defense Secretary Discusses Cuban Missile Crisis | 2/22/2001 | See Source »

...Thirteen Days"is a dramatization of the political, diplomatic, and military maneuverings of Oct., 1962 after U.S.U-2 surveillance planes discovered Soviet-owned missiles in Cuba...

Author: By Allison I. Rogers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Former Defense Secretary Discusses Cuban Missile Crisis | 2/22/2001 | See Source »

Major Rubaramira Ruranga knows something about fighting. During Idi Amin's reign of terror in Uganda in the 1970s, Ruranga worked as a spy for rebels fighting the dictator. After Amin's ouster, the military man studied political intelligence in Cuba before returning to find a new dictator at the helm and a bloody war raging. Hoping for change, Ruranga supplied his old rebel friends with more secrets, this time from within the President's office. When he was discovered, he fled to the bush to "fight the struggle with guns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Afraid To Speak Out | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

Susan Squires agrees. "Most people our age don't want to lie on a beach or look at scenery," she says. "We've been to traditional places, and now we want to connect with the people in these countries. Cuba offers so much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Cuba In The Open | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

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