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When the decade began, the world was defined clearly by a sharp split between democracy and communism. That schism became tangible on the night of Aug. 13, 1961, when East Germany's communist rulers began to build a wall around West Berlin, and the divide threatened to destroy the world a year later, on Oct. 15, 1962, when the U.S. discovered Soviet warheads in Cuba, setting off the 13-day showdown of the Cuban missile crisis...
...missile may be more useful to Saddam Hussein as a sacrificial offering, right now, than as an artillery weapon. As Britain, Spain and the U.S. square off against France, Germany and Russia in a crucial Security Council debate over Iraqi disarmament, UN weapons inspectors have demanded that Iraq destroy its entire arsenal of the offending missile by March 1. Chief inspector Dr. Hans Blix has declined to negotiate with Baghdad over that demand - leaving no doubt that failure to comply would lead him to report to the Security Council that Iraq has failed a benchmark disarmament test. And although Saddam...
...when you're expecting to be invaded even if you do? But Iraq is believed to have manufactured about 100 of the missiles, which don't have an onboard guidance system, and that would hardly make a decisive difference against the legions of General Tommy Franks. And refusing to destroy them will almost certainly bring an invasion within weeks. Saddam's conduct until now suggests that he is well aware that his best weapons against the U.S. military are political and diplomatic. Every time he has been presented with an "or-else" ultimatum in this particular crisis, Saddam has capitulated...
...knowledge about local culture and the unique flora and fauna I would have otherwise overlooked. He showed me how to crack open a type of mud-color river stone to reveal ancient fossils. He also pointed out ragged scars on the mountain flanks caused by landslides that not only destroy villages but take out trekking parties as well. Altitude sickness is another potential killer. I chafed at Kamal's exhortations to go slower, but soon came to heed his warnings. Even after several days' acclimatizing, it was a struggle crossing the 5,416-m Thorung-la Pass...
...WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR: Inspectors hope to find and destroy what remains of Saddam's chemical arsenal: 3.9 tons of VX nerve agent, some 550 mustard-gas shells and about 150 sarin-gas rockets. Also on their list: more than 3,000 tons of precursor chemical ingredients and any processing equipment Iraq could use to rebuild its arsenal...