Word: desertic
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...international law enforcement joins the chorus calling for a raid to finish off the thief of Baghdad. Last month Richard Perle, a former Pentagon official, wrote in the New York Times that a shield to defend Saudi Arabia is not enough. What's needed, he said, is a "desert sword" -- an offensive operation to decapitate Iraq's leadership and destroy its military capacity. Last week, in a syndicated column, Henry Kissinger said he would be "very uneasy" if the U.S. waited beyond the end of the year to take "military measures." Otherwise, he warned, domestic and international support will begin...
...desert winds called hamis are blowing now, and with them Baghdad seems enveloped in a surreal haze: diplomats drop out of the sky to plead with Saddam Hussein for a solution before it is too late; hostages lounge by the pool and pin their hopes on each new arrival; ministers hint of divisions within the government; reporters interview the most recent terrorists to take up residence here; the Muzak in the state-owned hotel plays Hava Nagila...
...Rate Crusade. Operation Desert Shield, which is costing the U.S. more than $1 billion a month, is making the Panama invasion look like a weekend jaunt. That expedition, which made use of the 12,000 U.S. soldiers already based there, cost just $163.6 million, the General Accounting Office said last week...
...Your Next Desert Vacation . . . Undaunted by the current tensions, the Dubai Tourism Board is starting a campaign to promote that gulf state as the next vacation hot spot. Situated 530 miles southeast of Kuwait, Dubai is where "sportsmen, sightseers and adventurers can equally feel at home," claims Khalid bin Sulayem, head of the tourist board. And, yes, Dubai is out of the range of Iraq's most powerful missiles...
...does not help Washington's cause that Desert Shield aims to secure and restore monarchies that many Arabs consider anachronistic. Even in the gulf states, where the vast majority of citizens are grateful for protection from Saddam's hordes, there is some bitterness on this point. "What does the West think?" asks a retired Omani municipal worker living in Bahrain. "That we want to be servants to these corrupt ruling families forever...