Word: iraq
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Arnett, who acknowledged that his tactics have come under fire for providing Iraq with the capability of spreading its propaganda around the world, defended staying in Baghdad...
...National Security Council and the State Department leaked word that the U.S. was determined to intercept the freighter and search its hold as it made its way from the Indian Ocean toward the Persian Gulf, where U.S. naval vessels were patrolling to enforce the U.N. embargo against Iraq. But after 10 days of less than crackerjack surveillance, the Dae Hung Ho eluded U.S. warships and docked peacefully in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. The Pentagon suddenly had a lot to explain...
...though, may prove more dangerous than propping them up. Secretary of State James Baker announced in January that the U.S. would contribute $25 million toward an institute in Moscow that will employ Russian nuclear scientists and presumably keep them from hiring out to outlaw states such as Libya and Iraq. The same logic should apply to space scientists and hardware, which -- as the hard-liners themselves maintain -- could pose a threat as well...
Domestic and foreign policy are like Siamese twins -- neither can survive without the other. The United States cannot be at peace in a world of wars, as Iraq's aggression against Kuwait demonstrated. Nor can we have a healthy domestic economy in a sick world economy. Those who accuse President George Bush of focusing excessively on events abroad fail to see that domestic and foreign policy are not in conflict but rather can only succeed by moving in tandem...
...despotism will arise based on extremist Russian nationalism. This could trigger war among the former Soviet republics, force the West to rearm, threaten Eastern Europe's security, relieve pressures in China for political reform and lead to sales of Russian arms and military technology to rogue states such as Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya and North Korea...