Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Think back to those first weeks of January 1991. For 16 days, the U.S. and Iraq played diplomatic cat-and-mouse as Saddam Hussein tested what he would have to concede to forestall military attack. The American President exhausted every diplomatic option before unleashing the allied assault. Saddam's ultimate objective was to hold on to a prize he deemed essential to his power. Then it was Kuwait. Now in the first weeks of February 1998, the stakes are weapons of mass destruction, but the game is distinctly the same. And the question is whether the result will...
...common theme cited by protesters is opposition to the American government's claim that sanctions hasten the downfall of Saddam Hussein's regime...
...served on reconnaissance missions," Doctor said. "I picked up the bodies of the dead American soldiers when Saddam decided to bomb Saudi Arabia. I know What evil he is up to Most of these marchers, they have never seen...
BAGHDAD: After William Cohen's Gulf tour played to indifferent audiences, Saddam is putting his own band of envoys on the road. His deputy prime minister is in Morocco, his justice minister has reached Yemen, and his foreign minister is hitting Syria -- where President Assad is urging against any U.S. use of force. Not that he's likely to give Saddam rave reviews, either -- Assad is a longtime foe of Iraq...
...Despite the good feelings, the results remain the same: No U.S. strike aircraft will fly out of Saudi bases. Cohen did say he expected the Saudis to at least allow support planes on their airstrips. En route to Kuwait, he told reporters it's harder to muster support when Saddam isn't "raping and pillaging and setting oil wells on fire...