Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been vastly different. The Scud attacks, which so far have primarily hit the Tel Aviv area but pose a threat to the whole country, have left Israeli children feeling fearful, frustrated and helpless. Palestinian youngsters, by contrast, appear relaxed and resigned. Sometimes they are even proud that an Arab -- Saddam Hussein -- has been able to strike at Israel...
...three- year-old intifadeh. Arab youngsters have been in the vanguard of the uprising, burning tires, hurling stones -- and dying violently. They see little to fear from the Scud attacks. If they are hit, it will be by accident. And whether they die by Israeli guns or Saddam's missiles, they will still be martyrs to the Palestinian cause. Says Zobaida Abu-Humos, Shirin's older cousin: "I've seen so many Palestinians die. It doesn't make any difference...
Though the Pentagon labeled the action "environmental terrorism," Saddam had probably unleashed the oil with military purposes in mind. Tar balls could gum up the desalinization plants along the Saudi coast that provide most of the fresh water to the gulf countries as well as to allied troops. As the Saudis scrambled to divert the slick with surface booms, plans were considered to extend intake lines deep into unpolluted waters and provide backup water supplies. President George Bush sent an interagency team to Saudi Arabia to assist the containment effort...
...Saddam might also have had in mind setting the oil ablaze to thwart an amphibious Marine landing on the Kuwaiti coast. Because most crude oil burns poorly, that prospect left allied military planners unfazed -- even as they kept a wary eye on a fire that was spotted on the slick during the weekend...
BURNING OIL FIELDS. Saddam is assumed to have mined all or most of Kuwait's 360 operating oil wells. If he throws the switch, the resulting fires could send forth a vast cloud of dense black smoke that would foul the air and darken skies as far east as Afghanistan and northern India. After 30 days, smoke could cover an area half the size of the U.S. But because oil gushes naturally to the surface in most Kuwaiti wells, with no need of pumping, it will go on feeding a blaze until someone puts it out -- months or years later...