Word: iraqis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...policy discredited Labour's now defunct creed of unilateral nuclear disarmament. Today recession-racked Britons are unsure where to turn. They are listening more closely to the clipped, almost military-style speeches of a man who spent his formative years defending Malaya against communist guerrillas and newborn Kuwait against Iraqi claims in the 1960s...
Remember all of those whiz-bang close-ups of smart bombs zeroing in on Iraqi targets during the gulf war? Satellite data helped pinpoint the targets. But the Navy complains that owing to shortcomings in communications, the Air Force was able to get most of the data -- as well as the glory -- while Navy personnel were stuck with a limited role because they could receive only a tiny fraction of the vital information. As part of a plan for a sweeping reorganization of U.S. intelligence, CIA Director Bob Gates now says he will fix the mess so that all services...
Arnett did not deny that he was subjected to strict censorship and was used by Iraqi authorities, namely Saddam Hussein. "There was always an Iraqi at my elbow," he said, displaying censored news dispatches...
...limit his criticism to the Iraqi authorities. Arnett said much of the blame lies with the American government, the public and even the press itself for tailoring theircoverage to popular demand...
...Camp David was the zenith of his career, his ineptness in economic policy nearly proved his undoing. By 1981 the Likud trailed in the polls. Just three weeks before elections, Begin ordered the attack on the Iraqi nuclear reactor. The raid, which helped the Likud eke out a narrow victory, signaled a newly aggressive Israeli military policy. On June 6, 1982, army tanks rolled into Lebanon. The country paid a high price: more than 600 of its soldiers died, and 3,000 were wounded. There were also psychological scars after Israel permitted Christian Phalangist militiamen to enter the Palestinian refugee...