Word: iraq
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lewinsky's lawyers, according to sources. And the Wall Street Journal is reporting that a White House steward told the Starr grand jury he saw Lewinsky and the President alone together--and cleaned up some potentially incriminating napkins. Iraqi Offer Doesn't Cut It It's no dice for Iraq's latest attempt to wriggle out of the current crisis. TIME explains what the U.S. needs to hear from Saddam. Full Story
MOSCOW: Has Boris Yeltsin been hitting the vodka too hard again? Emerging from under a low profile for a meeting with First Deputy premier Anatoly Chubais, the Russian leader made a statement on the Iraq crisis that was surprisingly Kruschev-esque. "By his actions," Yeltsin warned, "Clinton might run into a world war. He is acting too loudly ... We want to make it clear to Clinton that we do not agree with such a policy...
...Cold War comments came as William Cohen promised any military action against Iraq would be "significant," and Trent Lott rallied the troops with an equally blunt statement: "If we're going to do this, let's go all the way." President Clinton had spoken with Yeltsin by phone earlier Tuesday, and gave no hint of any discord. But the mere mention of "world war" from the Russian leader was enough to give the financial markets a little wobble...
...Russia - Iraq still owes Russia billions of dollars for weapons and is eager to cut huge oil deals with the former Soviet patron. Not surprisingly, it's leading the diplomatic effort to avoid any military showdown and is eager to see the sanctions lifted...
...Jordan - While condemning Iraq for defying U.N. resolutions, a senior Jordanian official has stated that his country's "airspace and land are completely shut in the face of any side which plans attacks . . . against Iraq." Iraq used to be a major Jordanian market...