Word: iraq
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...still live in a nuclear world, in which formerly well-behaved superpower cronies are now grasping for military might; Iraq, China, and North Korea are but a few of the many regimes that seek nuclear weapons. The fall of communism has given way to the rise of nationalist totalitarianism, which can be much more nasty, even if it doesn't threaten immediate apocalypse...
North Korea is one of the biggest arms suppliers to the Third World; the nation provided Iraq with its Scud missiles. This past year saw the successful test flight of a new North Korean ballistic missile that would allow Baghdad to hit any target in the Mediterranean and even Southern Europe...
After the Soviet Union dissolved, comic books and capitalists alike were hardpressed to find a new enemy, a new Evil Empire. Cuba was a good candidate, but didn't pose enough of a military or economic threat to invade the minds of xenophobic Americans. Iraq almost made it but soon disappeared from the news. Surprisingly, the most obvious opposing superpower, the People's Republic of China, has failed to assume this role...
...clear that the United States has nothing to fear from Germany and Japan on a military stage. In fact, these economic heavy weights have grudgingly put up money for armed incursions by U.S. forces in Iraq and Somalia...
Cairo -- Syrian President Hafez Assad has been refusing to negotiate the transfer of the Golan Heights from Israel to Syria until the U.N. lifts sanctions against Iraq. Saddam Hussein is Assad's sworn enemy, but Assad feels a growing isolation from his neighbors -- Iran, Turkey and Iraq -- and so is doing Iraq this favor. The Clinton Administration wants a Syrian-Israeli agreement on the Golan by the end of this year, and has initiated secret talks with Iraqi officials at the U.N. aimed at lifting the sanctions...