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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Saddam Hussein is simple. Villains are often simple. Alone in the desert, thumbing his nose at the world. Armed, dangerous, easy to hate. But so hard to catch. Why? In the westerns, the hero rode alone. The villains always had a gang. Think Gary Cooper. High Noon (1952). The hero always won. In international politics, though, that elegance disappears. Too many cooks? Try too many allies. The common enemy suddenly gets complicated. The Third Man (1949) knows this. A film noir with real profundity, the movie is home to one of moviedom's great villains: Harry Lime. Yet Orson Welles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Third Potato | 2/27/1998 | See Source »

...better hope Saddam Hussein missed Monday?s New York Times, or else he?ll know all about the CIA?s proposed covert operation to overthrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dumbing of Intelligence | 2/27/1998 | See Source »

WASHINGTON: The beefed-up American troop presence in the Gulf may be keeping Saddam on his toes, but it's also busting the Pentagon's budget. Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre told reporters Wednesday that the cost of managing the latest standoff with Iraq has been "well over $600 million." And that's above and beyond the $700 million in ordinary operating costs that congressional bean-counters budgeted for fiscal 1998. With seven months to go, the meter is running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Stick Carries Big Price | 2/26/1998 | See Source »

...There's one loose end, however, that could come back to haunt him. This "special group," it says, will also operate under "specific detailed procedures which will be developed given the special nature of the presidential sites." Wording so loose, it almost cries out for Saddam to defy the spirit of the deal -- by drawing up a whole new list of inspection-blocking "special procedures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Check the Fine Print | 2/24/1998 | See Source »

...deal with Baghdad stands the test of time, it was hard to deny Tuesday that the U.N. chief had done the U.S. a sizable favor. The deal gives President Clinton a temporary out from a war that lacked domestic support, as well as fresh justification to attack should Saddam renege again. Annan was even gracious enough to credit the U.S. military as the "big stick" that made the deal possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UN-Loved | 2/24/1998 | See Source »

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