Word: ouster
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...Indeed, the strategic calculations that restrained Washington from pursuing Saddam's ouster in 1991 have not changed significantly. Saddam's regime is based on a Sunni Muslim minority that constitutes some 15 percent of the population. Around 60 percent of Iraqis are Shiite Muslims, who share religious ties with Iran. And the remaining 25 percent are ethnic Kurds, whose inclination is to seek autonomy or even full independence from Baghdad. Simply put, the concern is that destroying Saddam's regime could presage the breakup of Iraq itself, dramatically expanding Iranian influence while a breakaway Kurdish region in the north proves...
...palace or in press conferences and at official functions. Her frequent reminders that she's the first President to visit these towns?shrugging off two previous helicopter crashes and "risking my life" to be here?are self-congratulatory but also true. Her numerous opponents, many of whom supported the ouster of her predecessor, Joseph Estrada, cite her frequent sojourns out of Manila as evidence that she's already campaigning for the next election in 2004, which would be her first presidential race...
...witnesses, Duangchalerm Yubamrung, the youngest of the brothers, had his party restrain Suvichai Rodwimud, a police officer awarded Crimebuster of the Year honors, as he executed him with a bullet to the head. Now Duangchalerm, a 20-year-old lieutenant attached to the army's Supreme Command until his ouster last week, is Thailand's most wanted man. But after three weeks, the suspect has yet to be found, and the skeptical Thai public is wondering if this is yet another case of selective law enforcement. "The public is watching this case to see if there is any justice...
...ouster of the Taliban is prompting a growing power struggle among its enemies, north and south. Although they're committed to negotiating a broad-based inclusive government, the Northern Alliance have taken control of the capital, and are looking to set the terms of political negotiations. The Alliance has invited all groups except the Taliban for talks in Kabul, a slap down of Pakistan's suggestion that "moderate Taliban" elements have a role in a future government. (The Alliance believes "moderate Taliban" is an oxymoron, and is hostile to any Pakistani influence in Kabul.) And while the U.S. had hoped...
...Will Jordan go along with an ouster of Hussein? They didn't support us in the last war. Wouldn't that endanger King Abdullah...