Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ahmed Chalabi, a 54-year-old Iraqi businessman, has lived in exile for 26 years, but he keeps dreaming the same dream: as leader of the opposition to Saddam Hussein, he will persuade Washington to designate large swaths of Iraq as no-fly/no- drive zones, where U.S. air power will shelter a nascent anti-Saddam revolution. Inside these enclaves, Chalabi will build a guerrilla force financed by "liberated" Iraqi oil. One day, under the protection of U.S. warplanes, 10,000 fighters will march on Baghdad, slicing away pieces of Saddam's territory as their offensives persuade demoralized Iraqi army...
...public either. "I've heard of schemes where people are saying, 'Create an enclave, guarantee air support,'" he sighs. "Those are the kinds of things we have to be very careful of." Yes, President Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act in October, signaling Washington's desire to help depose Saddam, but few in the State or Defense departments took it seriously...
...Tomahawk cruise missiles, his Iraq policy seemed to wear a stern new look. Was this goodbye containment, hello replacement? Not exactly. Clinton made it clear the reason for aborting military action last week was to preserve unfettered inspection of Iraq's arsenal, the one semi-working mechanism for keeping Saddam's nasty ambitions in check. So he's trying containment plus replacement: remove Saddam's weapons of mass destruction and remove Saddam. If one doesn't work, maybe the other will...
...carrier and landing on it are almost as dangerous as combat." Waller's previous book, Commandos, was based on his reporting on Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and the resulting Gulf War, which gave him an especially informed perspective as he covered last week's showdown with Saddam Hussein...
Joshua Cooper Ramo, who oversaw our coverage of the tussle with Saddam, has been editing TIME's World section for six weeks, and so far he loves it. "The hours are lethal, but it's a blast to go to bed talking to Tokyo and wake up to a call from Belgrade," he says. Ramo, who also edits TIME Digital, our bimonthly supplement about technology, says the joy of covering international news comes from marrying the best reporting with sharp thinking and memorable writing. "Our value is in helping people understand how and why the world is changing...