Word: iraq
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...Secretary of Defense William Cohen visited Mr. King's neighborhood and waffled with Larry about the Iraq staredown. It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood when the next visitor, Democratic National Committee head Roy Romer, said that the contribution business is better than ever. Oh -- and he believes the President. Larry wrapped it up with the usual suspects: morality mogul Bill Bennett, Bob Squier (playing the Democrat) and Ed Rollins. Can you say b-o-r-i-n-g? Sure...
...tough talk? Analysts see three explanations: Yeltsin, whose administration brokered the November deal that brought UNSCOM inspectors back to Iraq, could be frustrated by his envoys' lack of success this time. Then there's the Duma, which adopted a strongly-worded pro-Iraq resolution Wednesday. Finally, the Russian president has form for such bluff and bluster. Remember his promise to slash Russia's nuclear forces by a third, later dismissed as "tiredness"? Still, in the slide toward crisis, this is one threat Clinton can't afford to ignore...
Tuesday night belonged to the departed Karla Faye Tucker, whose crime and punishment were enough to bump both Monica and Iraq from all the choice spots. Larry King and Ted Koppel didn't mention anything else; nor did Charles Grodin, who argued that the adorable killer was doomed from childhood...
JERUSALEM: This time, Israel may not simply sit back and watch. As the prospect of an American attack on Iraq appears more and more likely, Israelis are preparing for the worst. "The feeling in Israeli intelligence is that [Saddam] can certainly do it," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "He has biological weapons and if he wants to he can pull...
...Officials concede the prospect of an Iraqi attack is remote at best. But Israelis are still lining up for gas masks, and many in Tel Aviv ? Iraq's primary Scud rocket target during the Gulf War ? are anxious. "In one scenario, if the American attacks are too devastating, Saddam will feel desperate and attack Israel to stop the Americans or to secure his place in history," says Beyer. That would certainly open up a whole new can of worms...