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...stop it. In dealing with Pharaoh, Allah sent signs ... in direct connection with his rebellion and his transgression ... It's just as evident and clear today." -- Imam Jamil al- Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown), who suggests that the floods are punishment for the killing of innocent Muslims during the Persian Gulf...
...Louis suburb of Lemay on July 9 at 3:30 a.m. Every day since, Mike has returned to the house in a neighbor's boat to inspect it; late last week 6 ft. of water sloshed around the living room. The family, plus two Chow show dogs and two Persian cats, is living in Mike's blue 1992 Bronco; Mike sleeps on the roof. Nearby, the roof of the family's second car, a 1977 Cutlass, is barely visible above the water. "It's a goner," says Mike...
...attack ordered by the President consisted of 23 Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from a destroyer, the Peterson, in the Red Sea, and a cruiser, the Chancellorsville, sailing in the Persian Gulf. The missiles were fired in the late afternoon Washington time, or about midnight in Baghdad. Carrying 1,000 lbs. of explosives apiece, they reached their target, the sprawling Iraqi Intelligence Service headquarters, in about an hour and a half. Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell explained that the intelligence agency had undoubtedly conducted the assassination attempt, so it merited the punishment. Further...
Apparently, those qualities have quite an effect on troops in the field. Williams says he remembers one occasion in the Persian Gulf when Powell went to visit soldiers and was greeted with demands for his signature on everything available--including underwear, helmets and arms...
Four and a half years after the end of Iran's disastrous war with Iraq, nearly four years after Ayatullah Khomeini's death, a happier national spirit is struggling to emerge. The problem for outsiders is to square what sometimes appears to be a Persian lamb with a notably lion-like personality. The superficial prosperity of Tehran is illusory. Because of war and runaway population growth -- estimated at 3.6% a year, though that may be declining -- per capita economic output has shrunk about 40% since 1979. Many factories are running at only 40% to 50% of capacity...