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...place in the gulf to hit Saddam with bombs and missiles if he does not comply with U.N. orders. Washington says it will wait and see. But is Clinton ready to bomb Saddam and his people in the face of opposition from Russia, France and the Arab world, including Kuwait? And since biological weapons can be hidden anywhere, no amount of bombing can ensure that Saddam's brews are destroyed...
...Clinton can't persuade the Security Council to back the idea of military action, he may have to go it almost alone, with just a few allies--Britain, Kuwait, perhaps Saudi Arabia and Turkey--by his side. Aides say the President is comfortable with the idea. "He has understood for some time that we have to do the hard work of boxing [Saddam] in," says spokesman Mike McCurry. "He is clearly prepared...
...best airport facilities, a delicate dance has begun between American and Saudi officials: State and Defense department officials have been in contact with their Saudi counterparts, stressing the danger a re-emergent Saddam would pose to their country. Over the weekend, Albright scheduled visits to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait. U.S. officials offered TIME conflicting assessments of whether Riyadh would agree to harbor F-117 Stealth fighters and other attack planes. Pentagon sources considered it likely; State Department officials weren't so sanguine. Heavy B-52 bombers will be based on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, a British...
...underscore the fact, the Pentagon is sending another 32 warplanes to the Gulf, where the aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived Friday to join the USS Nimitz. And let's not forget the six F-117A stealth fighters arriving in Kuwait. There's more than enough firepower in place now to severely punish Iraq in the event of any interference with the UNSCOM inspections ? the question is, after the events of the last three weeks, will America ever again be diplomatically capable of carrying out an air strike...
...only question now is whether Madeleine Albright's whistle-stop weekend tour of surrounding Gulf states ? Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia ? has drummed up any support for U.S. action to punish Iraq. Without it, Saddam will turn an air-strike into the greatest pro-Iraq propaganda...