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When the U.S. and its allies established a safe haven for the Kurds in northern Iraq after the Gulf War, one goal was to use the territory as a base from which opposition groups could confront Saddam. The U.S. refused to support an all-out guerrilla war, but the White House and Congress did allow the CIA to spend between $10 million and $15 million a year running two clandestine operations. The smaller but more promising one was a paramilitary organization known as Wifaq (Iraqi National Accord), based in Jordan. Wifaq's 80 to 100 members included several prominent former...
...Iraqis I see in Baghdad this week bear little resemblance to those I met before the 1991 Gulf War. The same faces, yes; the same names: Sadoun, Ala, Sa'ad, Mahoud, middle-class government officials, merchants, staffers at international companies. Right after the Gulf War, these were the people the U.S. hoped, maybe expected, would overthrow Saddam Hussein. But the political discontent I saw then seems to have dissipated. Now, after enduring rigorous economic sanctions that have stripped away their wealth, the educated merchant class has settled into numb resignation. The dinar has been devalued to one five-hundredth...
...millions of voters. And when he decided to remain a private citizen and join the Republican Party, the legions of disenfranchised supporters took their disappointment out on protest candidates in general. Few of those still open to the concept saw Perot as an adequate substitute for the charismatic Gulf War hero...
...confidence in the economy hit an eight-year high, and for the first time, a majority of voters credited Clinton for his handling of it. The air attacks on Iraq shoved Dole off the front pages and might have reminded voters that he had met with Saddam before the Gulf War and concluded that "there might be a chance to bring this guy around." If Dole's candidacy is to be anything more than a formality, he needs to bring himself around, and quickly...
...WILDE is a legendary figure at TIME. "Wilde lives up to his name," says senior editor Howard Chua-Eoan of the white-haired foreign correspondent. "He's the quintessential gonzo reporter." A longtime Nairobi bureau chief, Wilde was based in Istanbul during the Gulf War, during which he covered the plight of the Kurds. This week he delivers that story's next chapter, slipping into Kurdistan to report on Saddam Hussein's attack on the town of Erbil. The report includes an exclusive interview with Massoud Barzani, the head of the Kurdish faction allied with Iraq. "He had to negotiate...