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Crocker is not the only one in Baghdad concerned about emerging plans for a speedier U.S. withdrawal. General Baha'a Nouri Yasseen, a commander of the National Police in Baghdad, said U.S. forces needed to stay for the time being. "Personally, I hope the Americans don't leave now," Yasseen told TIME. "It's not the right time...
...under 20, Iraqis might wonder whether the tall man with a silver forelock is up to the job. Pachachi's aides argue that his age is an asset, especially after the Saddam era. "He's 81, so he's obviously not going to become a dictator," says Fareed Yasseen, an Iraqi-American consultant who serves as Pachachi's senior aide. And while U.S. officials selected him for the council, some Iraqis draw a distinction with another Washington favorite, Ahmad Chalabi. Chalabi returned to Iraq last year with a U.S. special-forces escort; Pachachi cold-shouldered the American military and flew...
...last night of his life, at 8:45 p.m., Dodi Fayed called his stepuncle Hassaan Yasseen at the Ritz Hotel to ask him out to coffee later in the evening. Yes, he would be with Diana, Fayed said, and "yes, we are going to get married...
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