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Privately, most leaders in the Middle East would love to see the back of Saddam Hussein. But publicly, they know that a U.S. attack on Iraq could unleash violent protests that might undermine their own grips on power. So many regional rulers find themselves in the awkward position of acquiescing to "regime change" in private while opposing it in public...
...Castro, 75, has always been a fan of the 40-year-old U.S. trade embargo against his communist island. El bloqueo, as Cubans call the "blockade," has helped Castro deflect blame for his economic blunders. Whenever the U.S. has looked poised to end the embargo, Castro has managed to unleash an outrage that has kept it alive, as in 1996, when his air force shot down and killed four Cuban exiles from Miami flying unarmed small planes near Havana...
...basin by November. But environmentalists, along with local ranchers, are waging a fierce fight against the project. In the past, green groups have endorsed methane as a cleaner-burning alternative to coal and oil. But to get to the methane in the basin, drilling companies will have to unleash torrents of water from underground aquifers--up to 20,000 gal. per day per well--which could deplete the region's water reserves and, because much of the underground water has a high salt content, potentially destroy thousands of acres of farmland. Ranchers also fear that the roads, pipelines and power...
...Castro, 75, has always been a fan of the 40-year-old U.S. trade embargo against his communist island. El bloqueo, as Cubans call the "blockade," has helped Castro deflect blame for his economic blunders. Whenever the U.S. has looked poised to end the embargo, Castro has managed to unleash an outrage that has kept it alive, as in 1996, when his air force shot down and killed four Cuban exiles from Miami flying unarmed small planes near Havana...
...Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman were all NBA First-Team Defensive members during their record setting year, and were arguably three of the top five defensive players of the era. Along with 6’7 Ron Harper defending the point position, the Bulls would be able to unleash the stifling “Doberman Defense” against Shaq’s Lakers. Shaq would be his usual 30-10 self, but the rest of the Lakers would struggle in countering the relentless on-the-ball pressure of the Bulls defenders. Although it would not be nearly...