Word: diplomatized
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...editor of both the book and the journal is Owen Harries, whose background tilts him toward the internationalists. An Oxford-educated Welshman who was a professor in Australia and a diplomat in Paris before moving to Washington eight years ago, he admits he is surprised by the "strain of withdrawal" that has emerged among some of his authors...
...mullahs. In his famous November sermon, for example, Rafsanjani argued that young people were being asked to deny the "sexual urge" for too long, and that "temporary marriage," a Shi'ite institution endorsing sexual liaisons for fixed periods of time, ought to be more widely accepted. Says a Western diplomat: "His main weapon is that he speaks the same language as ordinary people, and he talks directly about their difficulties...
...Kurds predominate. But details of the arrangement remained to be settled, and the deal could very well fall apart. Even if an armistice does hold for a time, no seasoned analyst expects it to bring lasting peace to the Kurds. "Saddam is buying time," says a high-ranking Turkish diplomat. "He will take his revenge when he can afford...
Saddam, said a senior British diplomat, was "trying to twitch a muscle," and it made the allies nervous. "Just one shot by an Iraqi soldier could trigger a battle," worried another London official. At the same time, the presence of the armed men was dissuading the fearful Kurds from moving into the new sanctuaries. "Our problem is not tents," said Rajab, a Kurdish guerrilla commander. "Our problem is security...
...decision to offer the Kurds an olive branch. Saddam was also motivated by a desire to bring calm to the country so as to encourage the lifting of U.N. economic sanctions against Iraq. "The embargo is killing him. He can't begin reconstruction," says a senior Western diplomat in Ankara. "He has to have money if he's going to have any future...