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Combined with a severe U.S.-led trade embargo, the disappearance of the capable has left a country where nothing much works anymore, a land whose economy, as well as its army, is badly mismanaged. Consequently, while he can still engage in terrorism, Saddam no longer inspires fear in his neighbors. King Hussein of Jordan supported Iraq during the Gulf War, and Jordan has been Iraq's only outlet to the outside world during the years of the embargo. Now King Hussein shelters the defectors and hints that Saddam should be overthrown...
...painfully aware that its toing and froing on Bosnia has undermined its authority, a potential liability in the 1996 presidential elections. The consequences of Clinton's inability to pursue a credible Bosnia policy could be seen two weeks ago when Congress finally approved a bill to lift the arms embargo on the former Yugoslavia, a move Clinton opposes. He vetoed that bill last Friday; if Congress overrides the veto when it returns after Labor Day, it will be an extraordinary defeat for a President on a foreign policy matter. So Clinton is under pressure to show mettle where Bosnia...
...peace enforcers" with liberal rules of engagement. They would be joined by 45,000 soldiers from other countries, and the entire team would be run by NATO, not the U.N. Under the plan, the Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Serbs could form respective federations with Croatia and Serbia. The economic embargo against Serbia would be lifted in exchange for its recognition of Bosnia's qualified sovereignty. And finally, a mini-Marshall Plan would be set up to pump billions of dollars' worth of economic aid into the region...
...have the means and weaponry to stop Serb atrocities in the "safe areas'' without losing much human life [BOSNIA, July 31]. But it does not want to do so because that would ultimately lead to the creation of a Muslim state. The West's opposition to lifting the arms embargo on Bosnia is another proof of the hidden motives of Western powers. FAIYAZ AHMED Chetpet, India...
...promised, President Clinton vetoed legislation that would have unilaterally ended American participation in the U.N. arms embargo against Bosnia. The President expects to use the congressional summer recess to wheedle enough members to change their votes and sustain his veto...