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While Saddam stirs fear, he also commands respect. His appetite for provocative and forceful action stands in stark contrast to the vacillating, foot-dragging and facile reversals that characterize the leadership of many other Arab states. His decisiveness appeals to those Arabs who dream of pan- Arab unification and worship Arab dignity. They see in Saddam a modern-day answer to the leadership vacuum opened by the death of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. They also applaud his unwavering hostility toward those whom he perceives as enemies, especially Israel. "Saddam fulfills the ambitions of the Arab people," says Ahmed...
...aircraft to fly over Egypt and cleared the way for the U.S.S. Eisenhower to pass through the Suez Canal. If Mubarak was publicly humiliated by his misbegotten assurances that Saddam would not invade Kuwait, he has now redeemed himself by mounting the last- ditch summit and ensuring a pan-Arab presence in Saudi Arabia...
Hussein's relations with Iraq have warmed over the past decade, mainly as a shield against rising fundamentalism and Israel's designs to turn his kingdom into a Palestinian state. He has had to acknowledge the pan-Arabist, anti-U.S. passions of his citizens -- at least half of whom are Palestinian -- which have only increased as the peace process has stalled. Hussein refused to join the Arab League's original condemnation of Iraq, calling the move premature. "I believe ((Saddam)) is a person to be trusted and dealt with," he declared...
...charges he is a Western puppet. Shi'ite Muslims have been disputing Saudi custodianship of the holy sites of Mecca and Medina as illegitimate. The presence of foreign forces risks sowing the seeds of long-term agitation to unseat the house of Saud, though the presence of a pan-Arab force will take much of the onus off Fahd...
SYRIA. Damascus' support of Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war had virtually consigned Syria to the role of regional pariah. Moscow's economic pullback from the region threatened only to deepen Syria's isolation. By honoring the U.N. embargo and casting its lot with the pan-Arab force, Syria aims to reintegrate into the Arab and international fold. President Hafez Assad has not taken a front role in the current drama, but he did issue an early condemnation of Iraq's action, warning that if other nations pursued a similar course, "the world would resemble a jungle...