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...argued a more plausible scenario was the installation of a “friendly” government, which would give the U.S. access to Iraq’s vast oil resources...
...real-life scenario, West—who also keeps a goatee and afro, and who released a “spoken word” CD last November—left an October meeting with Summers alleging he had “disrespected” him by calling into question the quality of his work...
...uneven quality, his air force mostly grounded and his navy nonexistent. The CIA says he can't project his power very far and has trouble moving his tanks and artillery swiftly. Does that mean Iraq will crumble on impact? Not necessarily. "You have to anticipate the worst-case scenario--that it will be a vicious, ferocious fight," says Nebraska's Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam veteran. The outcome probably turns on how vigorously the 60,000-strong Republican Guard fights. Most experts say it would be foolhardy to write off Saddam's most loyal, best-trained troops, especially...
...seriously at risk of failure, largely because of huge cash reserves that enable firms to meet required solvency levels with ease. Fortis, for example, has a j6 billion cushion and de Mey says that even if the value of its equity holdings drops to zero - a true disaster scenario - it would still have enough capital to satisfy legal minimum solvency requirements. Still, the industry can't afford complacency. "If the markets fall by 15% from here, one or two companies will have problems," says David Nisbet, insurance analyst at Merrill Lynch. "If they fall by 30%, it's the regulators...
...role, but they don't have more than 30,000 armed men. And U.S. planners seem to be moving away from giving them that sort of role. They'd love to be trained and armed by the U.S. because that would strengthen their position in the post-Saddam scenario...