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Another diplomatic tourist in the Middle East stirred more apprehension in Washington. Yevgeni Primakov, a Soviet expert on the Middle East, visited Baghdad and the Jordanian capital of Amman as a personal representative of President Mikhail Gorbachev. Ostensibly his main purpose in Iraq was to arrange for the departure of 5,174 Soviet citizens, presumably including some military advisers, whose continued presence has been an irritant to the U.S. But Gorbachev's press secretary Vitali Ignatenko, visiting the U.S., spoke to TIME about a possible Middle East conference in which "all the problems of the region could be resolved...
...Israel and Syria while diverting the world's attention. Among the targets already identified: U.S. Ambassador Roger Harrison. Says an Israeli military official: "Creating havoc in Jordan would serve Saddam Hussein's interests well. It might even bring Israel, Syria and even the Saudis to send troops to the Jordanian border...
...terrorist attack would be one way for him to lash out. According to U.S. intelligence officials, suspected terrorists have been seen casing U.S. and Saudi facilities in various places around the world. Two weeks ago, Riyadh expelled an undisclosed number of Iraqi, Jordanian and Yemeni diplomats for allegedly spying on foreign forces and passing the information on to Baghdad and terrorist groups. To tighten security, the U.S. military has moved some of its troops from hotels to more remote quarters. Security around Saudi oil fields and refineries has also been stepped...
WHERE'S THE BEEF? More than 650,000 cans of corned beef were recalled from Jordanian refugee camps after local health officials determined that it was "not fit for consumption." One examiner noted that the product, a gift from the European Community, was "full of hair...
...Bush concedes, was that "there was some reason to believe that perhaps improved relations with the West would modify his behavior." Bush and Baker, neither of them expert in Middle East affairs, were advised to pursue that course by their moderate Arab friends, especially Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordanian King Hussein...