Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Iraq's dictator has long employed fear to keep his people in line. But Saddam Hussein has also tried kindness rather than killing. When the Iran-Iraq war began in 1980, he ordered 20,000 Chevy Malibus to be distributed among army officers and families of fallen soldiers. Tight money and high casualties soon forced Iraq to cancel that order after about 2,000 cars were delivered; Saddam later substituted Volkswagens and other inexpensive cars. Moreover, the Iraqi treasury pledged to pay $40,000 to any man who married a war widow. For the bravest survivors, Saddam ordered 150 ceremonial...
Nothing to do! Their country has been snatched by a thief; Americans, Egyptians, Britons and Saudis, among others, are braving the gulf deserts and Saddam's rockets to win it back for them, and these two able-bodied young men say there is nothing to do. For those who do not think Kuwait is worth the fight, the habits of Medo and Khaled are all the anecdotal evidence needed to prove the Kuwaitis are a spoiled and arrogant bunch...
...pessimistic, view of what is to come. The initial uncontested air raids and gee-whiz video glimpses of bombing turned out to be less decisive than they seemed in the first flush of euphoria, and the dream of immediate surrender has deteriorated into occasional fears that nothing will crack Saddam Hussein's will...
...confrontation and again even during the elation of its first days. Yet many of these same people also aired speculative scenarios that were much more optimistic. They veered between ebullient optimism and tight-lipped restraint as they tried to sustain public support and coalition unity, and keep pressure on Saddam, without building up unreasonable hopes. Not surprisingly, much of the public chose to hear and believe the ebullience more than the restraint...
That's what over 350 students did by signing and sending letters to their congressional representatives on Monday. They simply believe that the state of Israel should exist, and that all of its residents should not be subject to terrorist missile attacks from Saddam Hussein...