Word: guerrillas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from power--the ultimate goal of the Administration--seems as elusive as ever. The already weak Iraqi opposition groups to whom the U.S. has given its blessing watched last week's raids with a sense of mounting dread. The Administration has so far withheld outright military assistance for a guerrilla campaign, and would-be recipients fear the bombings will create a false impression of progress toward Saddam's ouster. "Saddam can emerge as a hero who faced down U.S. imperialism," said Hamid Bayati, spokesman for the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, an opposition group backed by Iran...
Reuther was 29 in 1936, when he became president of Local 174. It was a tumultuous period in labor history, when the U.A.W. literally fought for survival. Reuther became one of the union's generals, directing a series of sit-down strikes and other guerrilla tactics to try to organize auto plants. He soon gained national prominence and even entry into President Roosevelt's White House. He and his wife May also became great friends of Eleanor Roosevelt's. It's not difficult to see why he was welcome. In 1940, a year before Pearl Harbor, he proposed converting available...
...keeps dreaming the same dream: as leader of the opposition to Saddam Hussein, he will persuade Washington to designate large swaths of Iraq as no-fly/no- drive zones, where U.S. air power will shelter a nascent anti-Saddam revolution. Inside these enclaves, Chalabi will build a guerrilla force financed by "liberated" Iraqi oil. One day, under the protection of U.S. warplanes, 10,000 fighters will march on Baghdad, slicing away pieces of Saddam's territory as their offensives persuade demoralized Iraqi army units to desert. When civilians witness the burgeoning success of the insurgents, the brittle walls surrounding...
...Well, I think there are those mainstream studio pictures that have good intentions. The people that are making them that have those good intentions are in the minority--in the tremendous minority. I find that the very guerrilla-like warfare tactics one has to utilize to make independent films, as well as the artistic and creative freedom that you usually have, more of is more challenging and interesting. But not all the time--a lot of the time you set out with good intentions in independent film-making, and your mast snaps, you know, and a whale pokes a hole...
...like to slap Monica Lewinsky, and Ken Starr, for that matter, but I don't think that day will come. It'd be a short film--a great idea for a short film. Find a Monica Lewinsky look-alike--just go "Hi," just do like a real kind of guerrilla, documentary kind of thing: "Hey, what's your name?" "Monica." "Oh, you look awfully familiar." [Emits punching noises.] "Ahhh!" That wouldn't be nice...