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Saddam has limited knowledge of the West and surrounds himself with yes-men who tell him only what he wants to hear. But he shows an eager appetite for certain kinds of information. He constantly monitors CNN and BBC news programs, likes American thriller movies and admires Stalin and Machiavelli. He writes romance novels, supposedly without assistance: just last week a play based on a novel widely believed to have been written by Saddam, Zabibah and the King, opened at Baghdad's elegant new theater. It tells of a lonely monarch in love with a virtuous commoner who is raped...
...Administration officials at the highest levels of planning say there are few good options. Saddam's internal security makes a successful coup unlikely. The Iraqi opposition is weak and scattered. And this is a war that the rest of the world, with the possible exception of Britain, is not eager for America to wage. While key allies in the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt, would be more than happy to see Saddam go, they are too busy worrying about their own angry citizens--and quietly profiting from trade with Iraq--to help. A senior Arab official...
...Administration officials at the highest levels of planning say there are few good options. Saddam's internal security makes a successful coup unlikely. The Iraqi opposition is weak and scattered. And this is a war that the rest of the world, with the possible exception of Britain, is not eager for America to wage. While key allies in the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt, would be more than happy to see Saddam go, they are too busy worrying about their own angry citizens - and quietly profiting from trade with Iraq - to help. A senior Arab official...
...show will be geared towards a more adult audience than the original,” says Angell. “It’s going to explore the more mystical and dark side of the He-Man legend.” Angell is not just an eager fan in this case. He has played a direct role in the He-Man revival. Mattel has contracted him and Eatock to create an encyclopedia of all the He-Man and She-Ra cartoons so the writers can stay true to the original cartoon...
Having just informed me, her eager and naïve first-time rider, that she had aggressively searched for the cheapest motorcycle in the Greater Boston metro area, Stith then proceeded to travel further back down motorcycle memory lane. She recounted the learning curve she faced last summer as she herself rode a motorcycle for the first time while on assignment for Let’s Go in Germany...