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...members of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) have some of the toughest jobs in the world. And their report-back to the UN Security Council on Jan. 27 may determine the fate of Saddam Hussein's regime. Washington is impatient to go ahead and get rid of Saddam Hussein, but a number of other Council members insist that no aggression can be justified unless the inspectors find evidence of Baghdad defaulting on its promised disarmament. Until now, however, the inspectors have found little more than some documents that still have to be deciphered and a dozen...
That's debatable, given his authoritarian style and the class-warfare thuggery of some Chavista militants, like those caught on video last April shooting at opposition marchers in Caracas. "I'll strike all year if that's what it takes to get rid of this dictator," says William Lopez, 47, a Caracas construction foreman who voted for Chavez but last week marched with the opposition...
...slumping quarterback. To Freudians, the mind is a complex and mysterious thing, and symptoms like depression and anxiety are the language in which deep inner conflicts express themselves. "Now most psychiatrists have scorn for psychoanalysis," says Frattaroli. "In this age of the quick fix, the idea is to get rid of the symptom with a pill or some sort of therapy. But one of the problems with the current thinking is the belief that symptoms are bad. In psychoanalysis, symptoms are messages from the subconscious that something is out of balance. They have meaning. The symptom points to something deeper...
...Saudi initiative envisions a reformed Iraqi regime including some faces from among the exile community but composed mainly of the remnants of the outgoing system. "What does 'a change of regime' mean," says an Arab diplomat. "Getting rid of the Baath Party, the Revolutionary Guards, the governors and the police forces? Or is it Saddam Hussein? If it is Saddam Hussein, then the best way to deal with the problem is for Saddam to be targeted with his clique, but leave the administration as it is and divide him from his backup. If the Security Council tells the Iraqis...
...It’s just unsanitary and disgusting and it really shouldn’t be the students’ responsibility to get rid of the mice,” Ravener said...