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...President Bush frankly calls a "muddle" in U.S. policy. While refusing to give actual aid to the rebels, Washington has hampered Saddam's ability to subdue them by refusing to allow Iraqi warplanes to fly. The U.S. enforced that prohibition last week when it shot down two Iraqi Su-22 fighter-bombers in northern Iraq. Washington, however, has so far turned a blind eye to Iraqi helicopter attacks on the rebels...
...clear explanation came from Tehran. Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani did assure the U.S.-led coalition, however, that the decision to provide sanctuary to some of Saddam's most sophisticated French and Soviet fighters and most of his SU-24 Fencer bombers would not affect Iran's neutral status. The planes, Iranian officials said, will be impounded and held until hostilities end. They also insisted that no deal had been cut with Baghdad in advance...
...Soviets neglected no service branch. They supplied the air force with several models of MiG fighters and with Su-25 fighter-bombers; the navy with missile boats; the army with missiles, T-72 tanks and heavy artillery. Moscow also provided 193 military advisers who, the Soviets insist, were in Iraq only to assist with equipment maintenance. The last group reportedly returned home...
...long-range bombers an even greater threat than the Scud B missiles, which are notoriously inaccurate. Iraq is believed to have 25 of the advanced Soviet-made warplanes, which can make the round trip to Tel Aviv without refueling and which boast terrain-hugging radar. If even a single SU-24 slips through Israel's defenses, it can deliver a seven-ton payload with pinpoint accuracy. By comparison, each stripped-down Scud can pack only 662 lbs. of conventional explosives or 331 lbs. of chemical weapons...
...keep track of their blood sugar. Often they are so badly informed about their disease that they skrimp on the oral medication or insulin shots they need to keep blood glucose in the normal range. In the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, a large health-promotion project, A Su Salud, has begun to spread the word about diabetes on Spanish-language radio and television...