Word: sanctions
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...without U.N. backing, and Bush can't place all the troops he'll need for the war on aircraft carriers. Other friendly Arab nations like Jordan, Egypt and Qatar need U.N. cover to deflect accusations that they are party to an attack on a brother Arab country. With U.N. sanction, it will be easier to convince ordinary Arabs that the war is legitimate and the fault is Saddam's. If the U.N. doesn't come through, the Administration is instead preparing to lead a "coalition of the willing." Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, best-pal Britain...
...generous deals with Asian and European concerns, giving them first crack at Iraq's 112 billion barrels of known oil - worth at least $3 trillion at today's prices - as well as unexplored fields. Non-U.S. firms have over 30 deals with Iraq waiting to take effect when sanctions are lifted; France's TotalFinaElf, Spain's Repsol, and Italy's Eni all have Iraqi interests worth millions of dollars. But Russia is king: in the Qurna oil field alone, Russia's Lukoil holds a majority stake in at least 11 billion barrels. When President Vladimir Putin hardened his antiwar...
Where does all this leave HSA? In a pretty pickle. It’s unlikely that Harvard will continue to officially allow microfridges in dorm rooms. “I could tell you that if [Cambridge] Inspectional Services said these are not up to code, we could no longer sanction them,” Bicknell says...
Clark said that whether he would personally sanction a legal challenge by individual students or professors depended on the case’s arguments...
Bush, effectively, has committed himself to engaging those arguments. He has done so not because he absolutely has to--most observers think the awesome American armed forces, on their own, could overthrow Saddam--but because seeking allies makes sense. For America to act alone against Iraq, without U.N. sanction, would risk a backlash against American interests around the world. "There's no doubt," says a European diplomat, "that it would be better to do it in company." Thus Bush's speechwriters, before his U.N. appearance, were considering a heavy internationalist tone. ("He'll be Mr. Multilateral," says an aide...