Word: iraqis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Americans dispute that there is a valid case for taking out Saddam. The Iraqi leader even more than his suspected arsenal menaces his neighborhood. He has, in a galling way, been able to fashion a kind of victory out of defeat: the embargo blockading his country has enabled Saddam to blame the U.S. for his country's problems. He continues to frustrate U.N. resolutions designed to neuter his military might...
...rejected another written proffer of an immunity deal from Monica 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
...said publicly that it expects Israel to refrain from holding its fire, as was the case during the Gulf War. Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country has the "know-how" to cope with an Iraqi strike. And that could mean nukes, says Beyer. "The message is uniform that Israel will retaliate in a devastating way ? which is certainly meant to imply that they would use nuclear weapons." Officially, Israel is silent about its nuclear capability...
...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...
...Egypt - President Hosni Mubarak is strongly against a military strike. Most Egyptians are sympathetic to the Iraqi cause...