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...wonder this scenario is growing in popularity as the deadline for war approaches. If Saddam were to accept exile, Iraq would be spared the devastation of war and America the risks and blame for it. Saudi Arabia would show the U.S., still aggrieved by the fact that most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi, how helpful it can be and would demonstrate to its own people its devotion to protecting a fellow Arab state from war. Arab leaders would avoid upheaval in a region where chaos has a way of spreading. The U.N.'s resolve would be rewarded...
...standing up. For one thing, it's his power that has kept him alive. Saddam sleeps in a different bed every night, has body doubles and food tasters, all for good reason. Iraqi diplomats say Saddam is convinced that Bush wants him dead, and so any exile scenario would have to assure him that he would never find himself in the sights of a Predator drone or a war-crimes tribunal. Even with a gun pointed at his head, says a French official, "it's difficult to imagine Saddam throwing up his arms, saying 'All right...
...power equation in the region. It will send a message to Syria and Iran about the perils of support for Islamic terrorists. It will send a message to the Palestinians too: Democratize and make peace on Israeli terms, or forget about a state of your own. In the wackiest scenario, it will lead to the collapse of the wobbly Hashemite monarchy in Jordan and the establishment of a Palestinian state on that nation's East Bank. No one in the government ever actually says these things publicly (although some American Jewish leaders do). Usually, the dream is expressed...
...willing to accept. Congress, the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ all answered calls for reform last year with their respective rule changes. The most substantial changes involve audit committees and outside directors (those without significant financial or family relationships to a company). To help avoid an Enron-like scenario, in which an audit committee doesn't adequately vet auditors' reports, the chairman of that committee must be a financial expert: either a CFO of a public company or someone who has audited one. Three powerful board committees--audit, compensation and nominating (which finds new directors and senior managers)--must...
...bomb, he adds, was carried in a tartan backpack?fragments of which have been recovered?and was almost certainly detonated while still on its bearer's back. The gruesome evidence for this scenario includes the bomber's remains?two legs cut off at the knees and a face sufficiently intact to allow police artists to draw a likeness?and spatterings of his blood on the roof...