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Though the 18-month sting operation was brilliantly executed, the episode reminded the world that President Saddam Hussein had lost none of his fierce resolve to turn Iraq into the first Arab nuclear power. Saddam's reckless campaign also reinforced concerns about the rapid proliferation of arms in the Middle East, where, by Soviet count, the race to equip 5 million men has cost $600 billion during the past decade. As superpower rapprochement diminishes the desire of Washington and Moscow to meet the military wish list of its Middle East proteges, some of those clients are looking to achieve military...
Last week's sting operation began with a phone call to the London office of CSI Technologies, Inc., an electronics firm based in San Marcos, Calif. The inquiry came from EUROMAC Ltd., a London-based front company for the Iraqi government headed by Ali Ashour Daghir, 49, an Iraqi citizen residing in England. CSI officials were instantly suspicious of EUROMAC's specifications. "They were such that their most likely use would be for detonating a nuclear bomb," says CSI President Jerry Kowalsky. CSI contacted both the U.S. Customs Service and the CIA, and a sting was hatched...
Despite all this, the international response was largely muted. After the sting, British authorities considered breaking off diplomatic relations with Iraq, then chose not to, concerned that such a move might harm two British prisoners being held in Iraq. In Washington President George Bush called upon suppliers "to exercise special restraint" in the export of nuclear, chemical, biological and ballistic weapons. Iraq has had little trouble acquiring arms and component parts from countries in Europe, South America, North America and Asia...
...Some were about unrequited love, yes, but others spoke of homelessness, racism and revolution. The album became Billboard's No. 1 pop album and sold 10 million copies. Chapman won three Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist. Last year, on the Amnesty International tour, she crisscrossed the globe with Sting, Bruce Springsteen and Peter Gabriel, performing before stadiums of cheering fans on five continents. In May she will begin an American tour...
...sting came after repeated investigations into broader corruption among Barry associates had failed to snare the mayor. The FBI's inability to pin a charge on Barry bolstered the belief among some in Washington that Hazel Diane (Rasheeda) Moore lured the mayor to the Vista International Hotel only after authorities pressured...