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...little room left for the political fence straddling that has maintained a strained peace. The leaders who side with Saddam risk being accused of handing him the keys to the Arab kingdom and losing Western economic and military support. Those who stand against Saddam could be stripped of their nationalist credentials back home, as traitors to the Arab cause -- or fall under Saddam's tanks as Kuwait did. The anguish of these leaders was evident as they groped to balance long-term strategic interests against short-term political aims...
...Baghdad Pact, with headquarters in Iraq. Its mission was to keep the Soviets out of the Middle East. Yet trouble came from within the region and even within the alliance. In 1956 Britain, a member of the pact, joined France and Israel in attacking Egypt. In 1958 a nationalist revolution overthrew the pro-Western monarchy of Iraq. The new regime immediately pulled out of the pact...
...months, illegal military units like Vasilyan's have been forming all across the restive Soviet republics, from Central Asia to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. In Armenia, nationalist forces clashed with Soviet troops deployed to prevent ethnic fights with neighboring Azerbaijanis, resulting in the deaths of two officers in the Soviet army, 30 soldiers from the Armenian side and three civilians. Several weeks ago, violent battles erupted between local militias and the army in the Central Asian republic of Kirghizia, where Soviet soldiers are trying to end fighting between ethnic Uzbeks and Kirghiz...
Even if the decree is heeded, however -- and that is a big if -- Gorbachev will still face a major problem: the rot that has infected the 4.5 million- strong Soviet armed forces. It has spread beyond nationalist resentment into the very nature and role of the army itself. Estonia and Lithuania have passed legislation allowing draft-age boys to opt out of military service, and Georgia and Russia may soon follow suit. In this year's spring call-up, the number of outright draft dodgers has grown to an estimated 20,000. In Armenia a mere 7% of draftable boys...
Federal President Borisav Jovic bowed to nationalist sentiment this month when he said the troubled country may soon hold a referendum to decide if Yugoslavia's six republics should split into separate nations. "The right of self-determination, including the right of secession," he said, "is a natural political right of each nationality...