Word: iraq
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...wonder U.N. Inspectors are under fire for reporting that Saddam's nuclear program never got out of the starting blocks. Documents they recovered show that Iraq bought enough material to build 10,000 centrifuges, which are needed for a key step in enriching uranium. Says an insider: "They're scared to death there's some hidden installation, maybe underground. There are no grounds for giving Iraq a clean bill of health...
Today only six states in the world are overtly hostile to the U.S.: Cuba, Iraq, Iran, Libya, North Korea and Syria. Of these, Iraq boasted by far the largest armed forces at the time of the Kuwait invasion. Driving the Iraqis out of Kuwait required 427,000 U.S. fighters, or 22% of the Pentagon's uniformed personnel at that time. None of the five other hostile states comes close to matching Iraq's pre-1991 strength on the ground or in the air. Moreover, the U.S. would almost certainly have allies in future combat against any would-be aggressor: South...
...months, Saddam Hussein has pounded the rebellious Shi'ite Moslems of southern Iraq. But last week President Bush made good on his promise to keep Baghdad from bombing the rebels, declaring that any Iraqi fighter crossing south of the 32nd parallel would be shot down. As of week's end allied pilots reported no Iraqi aircraft in the "no-fly zone." Saddam's only comment: "We will choose the appropriate method and timing to confront this unjust, hostile decision...
...ROADS, SAME DESTINATION. After Clinton last week expressed support for Bush's no-fly zone in Iraq, his running mate grabbed the microphone to make a politically adroit addendum. Gore pointed out that Bush helped create the problem by allowing Saddam Hussein to continue his internal air war against the Shi'ites and Kurds after the liberation of Kuwait. This was a small but telling illustration of how Gore buttresses Clinton on two issues where the Arkansas Governor is weak: foreign policy and the environment...
Ever since U.S. Intelligence was caught flat-footed when Iraq invaded Kuwait, it has faced renewed criticism for placing too much emphasis on technology and too little on actual spies. As one spook puts it: "You can't tell what's going on in Saddam Hussein's head from satellite surveillance." CIA Director ROBERT GATES is now looking for a few good men and women and has set up a human-intelligence center to coordinate the spook efforts of his agency, the State Department and the military services...