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...instrumental in the founding of the Jewish state in 1948, and almost 6 million American Jews $ could be automatically entitled to citizenship there. The case of Japan is more ambiguous but no less special. The U.S. used A-bombs to finish off a militaristic empire, then helped rebuild what has become an economic superpower...
What's more, the Kurds, like Saddam, are in the market for time, a breathing space in which to rebuild their guerrilla forces so that when the next fight with Baghdad comes, they will be ready. Concerns that the delegation was hopelessly naive were somewhat mitigated by the participation of Nashirwan Barzani, who represented his uncle Massoud Barzani, the Kurdish guerrilla chief whose Democratic Party of Kurdistan is more militant than Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan...
...disclosed the audacious magnitude of Saddam's scheme last week on CBS's 60 Minutes. Kroll began chasing the hidden billions after Kuwait's government-in-exile hired him in the wake of last year's invasion. His mission: to locate secret Iraqi funds that Kuwait could use to rebuild itself once the crisis ended. "The phenomenon of using front companies is common," Kroll says of his findings. "What distinguishes this one is its level of sophistication...
...urging the Kuwaiti government to end its economic boycott of Israel. Such a move on Kuwait's part would be a major confidence-building measure, and would also benefit many U.S. contractors who do business with Israel and are thus not currently allowed by the Kuwaiti government to help rebuild that devastated country...
...gift comes with a few strings attached. Nothing in it can be sold or lent out. It will go into what is now called the Andre Meyer galleries -- an awkwardly designed space that the Met wants to rebuild. Will Annenberg toss in the extra $10 million or so the museum needs for the job? And will Meyer's name vanish from the plaque, to be replaced by the ex-ambassador's? Don't bet against...