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...Gurion Airport, killing 400 Soviet Jewish immigrants just off the plane. Thousands of Israelis were slaughtered by the Scuds, and the Dimona nuclear complex in the Negev lies in ruins. The Americans lost 100,000 soldiers in battle. Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait was only tactical, designed to lull the allies, while Saddam Hussein waited for the right moment to incinerate the Jewish state. "Every Palestinian knows that Saddam will emerge victorious," said Abdul Majeed Shahin as he discussed the war with a dozen others gathered in Jerusalem's Muslim quarter last week. "You see, he's got a secret...
With air raids averaging one sortie a minute, according to the allied command, the war can hardly be said to have hit a lull. But last week was the first that brought no new oil spills, Iraqi raids into Saudi Arabia or any other surprise developments, just more -- or less -- of the same. Less: the pace of Scud-missile attacks on Israel and Saudi Arabia dwindled further; Israel went five whole days without being the target of even one. More: additional Iraqi planes fled to safety in Iran (the total is now said to be 147), though for the first...
...morning after American-led forces launched the massive air attack on Iraq, traders at the New York Stock Exchange began their day with a minute of silence in honor of U.S. troops in the gulf. The moment of reflection turned out to be the only lull of the day. The opening bell was immediately followed by wild cheers and shouts of "Buy! Buy! Buy!" When the excitement was over, the exchange had recorded one of its busiest days in history. The Dow Jones average rose more than 114 points, the second highest one-day gain ever, to 2623.51. "The best...
...Economic lull...
...anyone but Lieut. General Calvin A.H. Waller had been responsible, the blooper would have had "disinformation" written all over it. After all, it would be advantageous for Washington to lull Saddam Hussein into a false sense of security. And what better way than to have the deputy commander of American forces in the gulf tell a group of reporters that the U.S. would not be ready to attack come Jan. 15, the deadline that the U.N. has given Iraq to pull out of Kuwait...