Word: hussein
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...modeled on real ceremonies that actually exist. It’s not fake, it’s not absurd, it’s not even exaggerated.” Carothers adds that the ceremony reminded him of Shiite self-flagellation ceremonies that were used to mourn Imam Hussein and that the scene is supposed to recreate the feelings of shock and discomfort that come when one is immersed in a new place or culture. However, Broadwater says that the scene is not meant as a direct criticism of religion. “I think that the play deals...
...really for being the most prominent American critic of then President Bush's buildup to a war in Iraq. The NPFNBGWB returned after a short hiatus in 2005, when the prize went to the International Atomic Energy Agency and Mohamed ElBaradei for refusing to confirm the existence of Saddam Hussein's nonexistent weapons of mass destruction before the war in Iraq - in other words, for standing up to Bush. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change probably deserved the Nobel in 2007 for spreading the word about global warming, but the committee wouldn't have dreamed of adding former Democratic Vice...
...before long, and without intending it ... a part of [her] diplomatic arsenal.” Now, we all know that jewelry makes a statement, but it’s hard to believe that the first thing running through most politicians’ minds before a meeting with Saddam Hussein would be “Which brooch would scare him away first...
Maybe there is some merit to Albright’s belief in the power of jewelry. In her memoir, she recalls that at her meeting with Saddam Hussein and Iraqi officials, she wore a serpent pin with a dagger through it. Zing...
...against more than 75 countries. President Franklin D. Roosevelt imposed them as a check on Japanese imperialism in 1940, Ronald Reagan leveled them as a way to combat martial law in Poland, and a legion of leaders have used sanctions in recognition of the atrocities perpetuated in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Kim Jong Il's North Korea and Burma under the military junta...