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Current Affairs - President Saddam Hussein of Iraq
President Saddam Hussein of Iraq is proving to be quite adept at the game of brinkmanship. The Nov 1998 crisis, prompted by Hussein's decision to cease from cooperating with United Nation (UN) weapons inspectors, represented the third time in 1998 and the ninth occasion since 1991 that the Iraqi president has decided to test Western resolve. The aversion of the near-disaster with only 15 minutes to spare was attributed as another victory for the Iraqi leader.See the full content of this document
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Saddam wins on points.
"A new victory for Sad dam Hussein," trumpeted the Baghdad official daily Al-Thawra last November when Iraq's president returned from the brink - only minutes from receiving a crushing American bombardment - overturning his decision to end United Nations weapons inspections.
As on previous occasions, the Americans and the British - also claimed victory: "Just what we always wanted," insisted President Bill Clinton. He argued, again, that UNSCOM, the UN body charged with disarming Iraq, was more effective in dismantling Iraqi weapons of mass destruction than aerial bombardment. "Another example of Kofi Annan. The UN's secretary-general snatching peace from the jaws of war," boasted UN officials. Away from the television ...See the full content of this document
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