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Nabil Saqqar used to hate Saddam Hussein. The 19-year-old Jordanian undergrad has friends who live in Baghdad, and has heard plenty of horror stories about the Iraqi dictator's repressive regime. He recounts some of them for my benefit as we wait in a queue at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Amman. (I'll skip the gory details: suffice it to say that they put me off dinner.) But recently, Nabil's been reassessing Saddam, seeing him in a new light. "You have to admire the fact that, unlike the West, he has consistently stuck to his principles...
...Nabil, Sonia and Tamara don't belong to that crowd. These young people don't hate the U.S. They don't feel threatened by American culture, they embrace it. Sonia likes parties, rock 'n' roll music and never misses an episode of Friends. Tamara is partial to Hollywood blockbusters, particularly those starring Bruce Willis or Sandra Bullock. Nabil affects a faux New York accent to go with his fading 501s and Tommy Hilfiger jacket, and says he is in love with "that tough girl on TV - Buffy...
...sadistic white officer who ran the prison. Somehow, Rustin never succumbed to the anger that was his right; his spirit remained as light and as positive as his beautiful tenor voice. And all these years later, that's what endures: the memory of a man unbeaten by the hate around him, dreaming of a future in which the work of integration, black and white, gay and straight, is the moral--and joyful--duty...
...Phil, however, thought my mom was completely wrong. "I've been married coming up on 28 years now, and Robin and I never fight. I absolutely hate conflict and confrontation," he said. "The problem is, when you don't argue, you miss makeup sex. And that's absolutely the best sex in the whole world." Then I got kind of grossed out thinking about my mom. "Also, right before Valentine's Day or Christmas, a good fight can save you several hundred dollars," Dr. Phil continued. Good advice. You don't get to put "Dr." in front of your name...
...Still, Iraqis are remarkably nonchalant about the imminent conflict. "It is a media war," Wathek Al-Oubiedie, the chief cleric of Baghdad's Abu Hanifa Mosque declared blandly last week, after haranguing at length on American treachery. "I hate the news." Which is probably a good thing, because he does not get much. The local newspapers only report government statements and pledges of support from countries around the world. There is no access to international news channels and most web sites are blocked. (Ever since Iraq's top officials received an email from the Pentagon urging them to defect...