Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There the Desert Storm coalition dispatched U.S., British and French air power to set up a virtually autonomous enclave for the Kurds, theirs to govern, by and large, themselves. For a couple of years it worked: the Kurds held their first ever democratic elections and set up a parliament in their nominative capital of Erbil. But just as predictably, it all fell apart when the old internecine feuds resumed...
...learned this last fall when I took a semester off to study in Strasbourg, France. The Universite de Strasbourg has no varsity teams. There is no school newspaper, nor political journals, nor even a Model Congress, despite the presence of the European Parliament just a short bus ride from the city center...
...Saudi government would not allow U.S. planes based in the Kingdom to participate in the strikes, probably out of fear of retaliation. Many Arab countries feel that the attacks will cause needless suffering to an already impoverished Iraqi population. Others, like Toujan Faisal, a Jordanian member of parliament, view the U.S. strike in the context of President Clinton's re-election campaign. "It is a petty election game between Clinton and Dole," he said. "They are like kids, only they are playing with fire."--Lamia Abu-Haidar
...diplomatic game which may not have anything to do with a peaceful multi-ethnic settlement in Bosnia," says TIME's Marguerite Michaels. "The municipal elections were always going to be trouble, so the Dayton administrators ditched them. Keeping the national elections gives the international group a rotating presidency, a parliament and an excuse to pull out as soon as a withdrawal is feasible." Terence Nelan
...diplomatic game which may not have anything to do with a peaceful multi-ethnic settlement in Bosnia," says TIME's Marguerite Michaels. "The municipal elections were always going to be trouble, so the Dayton administrators ditched them. Keeping the national elections gives the international group a rotating presidency, a parliament and an excuse to pull out as soon as a withdrawal is feasible." Terence Nelan