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...island, killing one Marine and badly injuring another. Kuwait's interior minister later said one of the two extremists, who were killed when the Marines returned fire, had sworn allegiance to Osama bin Laden. Kuwait is a critical element of U.S. plans for a possible invasion of Iraq. The oil-rich emirate is likely to be the main springboard for any land invasion. More than 15,000 U.S. troops are already stationed here, training in the bleak desert south of the Iraqi border...
...True, the majority of Iraqis are living in miserable conditions, citizens of an oil-rich nation who have become dependent on government rations of flour, rice, sugar and tea. But thanks to oil-smuggling as well as the gradual easing of United Nations sanctions, Baghdad's markets have not been as well stocked in years. There is a plentiful supply of dates, almonds and desserts, a Ramadan tradition throughout the Arab world...
...cooperation with the UN would confound U.S. war plans, it would appear to be a no-brainer for Saddam to simply give up on whatever weapons programs he currently has in the works in order to stay in power. Running an oil-rich country would give him plenty of resources to restart those programs once the heat is off. Still, there are domestic risks. Saddam's power is based his ability to paralyze potential domestic opponents with fear of the consequences of crossing him. Submitting to the will of the UN, goaded into action by Washington, signals Saddam's fundamental...
...answer hundreds of thousands of opponents who marched through Caracas last week and gave him an ultimatum: either resign, call an early referendum on your presidency, or face a massive general business and labor strike this month. But Chavez, whose radical left-wing demagoguery has violently polarized the oil-rich nation, can probably afford to ignore the call - and not just because most of Venezuela's poor, who make up 80% of the population, are on his side. Chavez has another, albeit unlikely ally for the moment: George W. Bush...
...Islam that substitutes a lust for violence for a love of peace. They abhor liberty and justice. Their choice of civilian and governmental targets indicates that they understand one essential truth about America--the people rule here, not mullahs or kings or generals or the megalomaniacal son of an oil-rich desert kingdom. They believe that the right of individuals to pursue happiness makes societies weak, and that liberty begets only materialism. Since they were routed from Afghanistan and many of their fighters are dead or in captivity, the magnitude of their misjudgment is evident...