Word: saddams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...details of the story as it unfolds day to day," said a defense lawyer on the case. This is partly a reflection of character, partly of circumstance. "In one sense," says an adviser, "it's no different than if he were dealing with affirmative action or planning to bomb Saddam Hussein. He's a detail man." But another lawyer put it more bluntly. "Sure he's paying attention to this. It's life and death...
...armed conflict. The prospects for war largely depended on sensitive diplomatic negotiations centered on the U.N. Inside knowledge of those secret discussions could give an adversary or even an ally an edge over Washington, as the White House struggled to prevent countries like France and Russia from letting Saddam Hussein off the hook...
...their snippets of news concerning El Nino. Finally I understand what El Nino is really all about and why. Thank you for a wonderful and enlightening article. But now, how will it be possible to keep blaming El Nino for everything from the Lewinsky and Clinton scandal to Saddam Hussein's activities? BOB KELLER Lake Havasu City, Ariz...
...brewing at the U.N. over just how many secret deals Secretary-General KOFI ANNAN may have made in Baghdad in order to defuse the crisis with Iraq. While Annan has insisted that he has no intention of weakening the U.N. Special Commission, the group that is tracking down SADDAM HUSSEIN's weapons, two developments this week have called UNSCOM's future effectiveness into question. First, Annan stationed a special U.N. representative in Baghdad. That will provide the Iraqis with an alternate channel of communications that may circumvent UNSCOM. Second, Annan is seriously considering a Russian proposal that a Russian...
...plan will allow Iraq to increase its sales to roughly half the amount of oil it was pumping before the Gulf War. As it turns out, France and Russia pushed the program much harder than Iraq, which initially feared this option would reduce pressure to get sanctions lifted. But Saddam Hussein realized that the more cash he could earn to buy food to keep Iraqis from starving, the more hard currency reserves -- into which he had been dipping -- could be used for the Republican Guards. French and Russian companies are betting that pumping oil now will give them a permanent...