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...questions went: Who would be the supposed "neutrals" supervising the pullout? Cuba, Libya, Yemen, perhaps other bitterly anti- Western and pro-Saddam states? Would their presence mean allied forces would be barred from entering Kuwait in the wake of the retreating Iraqis? And what if Saddam invented some pretext to stop or reverse the withdrawal? Having agreed to a cease-fire, would the allies have to go back to the U.N. Security Council for fresh authority to attack the Iraqi troops, a move subject to Soviet or Chinese veto? The common element in all these suspicions is that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battleground: Marching to A Conclusion | 3/4/1991 | See Source »

...Yitzhak)) Shamir won't agree to an international conference, but because we don't want to reward the P.L.O. Syria's revolutionary credentials are impeccable. If Syria comes to terms with Israel, the crazies will be less able to scream. If we ourselves did it, you can bet that Libya and the P.L.O. would move to destabilize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest Arabs and the Aftermath | 3/4/1991 | See Source »

...Libya, Horwitz finds a designer dictator dressed in a cape, tartan sweater and red wool hat. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is also given to mismatched profundities, like "Woman is a female and man is a male" and "Democracy means popular rule, not popular expression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Spots: BAGHDAD WITHOUT A MAP by Tony Horwitz | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

...concentrated on establishing a mood of moderation at home while mending ties with fellow Arabs. Of 21 members in the Arab League, all 18 that broke diplomatic relations with Egypt then have since resumed them. Last week Mubarak further demonstrated his diplomatic skills by playing host first to Libya's mercurial Muammar Gaddafi, whom he has wooed diplomatically for two years, and then to the foreign ministers of six gulf states and Syria. Says Walid Kazziha, a political scientist at the American University in Cairo: "During the past 10 years Mubarak has wanted to reintroduce Egypt into the Arab world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Arab World: All Quiet Under the Pyramids | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

...Well, you gotta Libya life with New Zealand excitement every...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: HPT 143 Safari Sagoodi Is Pretty Darn Goodi | 2/21/1991 | See Source »

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