Word: iraq
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Nothing is more divisive than power and money. Only four years after the U.S. and its allies set up an enclave in northern Iraq to protect 4 million Kurds from annihilation by Saddam Hussein's vengeful army, the Kurds are threatening to annihilate themselves--because two rival leaders each hope to establish and control an independent Kurdistan overlapping the borders of Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran. Massoud Barzani, who leads the western half of the enclave, is shy, soft spoken and uncomfortable around foreigners. Jalal Talabani, who controls the east, is a garrulous jet-setter who mixes well at embassy...
...Iraq trade minister Mohammed Mehdi Saleh today implied that the fates oftwo Americans being detainedin Baghdad will be linked to the lifting of U.N. sanctions against Iraq. Saleh told reporters that the Americans, who were arrested after they crossed the border from Kuwait, are "safe" and "well-treated." Then he criticized the U.N. for maintaining a trade embargo that was imposed on Iraq when its army invaded Kuwait in 1990. Saleh said Iraq has not decided whether to try David Daliberti, 41, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Bill Barloon, 39, a New Hampton, Iowa native, for illegally crossing the border...
...There are still some nations that don't play by the rules," Hitz said, listing the government of North Korea, Iran and Iraq as concerns that will continue to occupy the CIA in an era after the Soviet threat...
...that the military buildup could be used to block the Gulf shipping lanes that are used to transport half the world's oil. He is urging Arab allies to upgrade their defenses and improve ties with the U.S. military in the face of growing military arsenals in bothIran and Iraq. Perry has warned repeatedly in recent days ofIran's military stockpile, including anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles, near the mouth of the Gulf. He had not previously mentioned chemical weapons.TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompsonsays Perry is determined to show Iran and Iraq that the U.S. will not desert...
...LIST OF LARA MARLOWE'S DATELINES since she joined TIME in 1989 reads like a gazetteer of the globe's hot spots: Kuwait, Iraq, Bosnia, the Gaza Strip, Azerbaijan, Somalia, Zaire and, for the sixth time, Algeria. Her story this week on the fierce struggle between the Islamic fundamentalists and the Algerian government is a rare and gripping look at a nation many feel is the most dangerous in the world, especially for Westerners...