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Saddam Hussein must decide whether to accept the U.N.'s latest arms-inspection deal, which could end sanctions against his country.
By Ian Williams
December 21, 1999
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Anti-nerve-gas pills may be a culprit, but in general, Gulf War Syndrome is still a mystery.
By Arthur Allen
October 21, 1999
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Bill Franzen reviews 'Out of the Ashes:
The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein' by Andrew Cockburn and Patrick
Cockburn
By Bill Franzen
March 17, 1999
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World leaders rush to pay tribute to King Hussein, but his widow, Queen Noor, deserves much of the credit for Jordan's transformation from police state to cradle of political freedom.
By Geraldine Brooks
February 9, 1999
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A lifelong pacifist and former Middle East reporter for the Wall Street Journal on why we should bomb Baghdad.
By Geraldine Brooks
December 19, 1998
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Friday's historic impeachment debate had all the tension and soul-stirring oratory of a sewage appropriations bill -- until Patrick Kennedy tangled offstage with Bob Barr.
By Harry Jaffe
December 18, 1998
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Experts, pundits and kibitzers weigh in on Washington's weirdest week
Interviews conducted by Lori Leibovich and Daryl Lindsey
December 18, 1998
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Clinton's move against Iraq raises the stakes for both parties in the impeachment debate.
By Joshua Micah Marshall
December 17, 1998
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President Clinton's statement
By President Clinton
December 17, 1998
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Sociologist Stephanie Coontz on how American leaders have spent more time on the Clinton sex scandal than they have on issues that will affect the families of the future.
By Stephanie Coontz
November 30, 1998
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Clinton's move against Iraq raises the stakes for both parties in the impeachment debate.
By Joshua Micah Marshall
November 30, 1998
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TV Newsfolks, jonesing for a war with Saddam, are disappointed when Iraq accepts U.S. demands.
By James Poniewozik
November 17, 1998
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The U.S. attacks on Osama bin Laden have transformed him into a local hero.
By Jonathan Broder
August 26, 1998
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A former chief weapons inspector explains why the deal the United Nations struck with Saddam Hussein will only help Iraq to keep and develop its weapons of mass destruction.
By Jeff Stein
March 25, 1998
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The great satan and the great sponsor of international terrorism are teaming up to take on the great dictator.
By Loren Jenkins
March 9, 1998
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The U.S. can't "go all the way" in Iraq because Saddam Hussein's
neighbors need to keep him around.
By Jonathan Broder
February 23, 1998
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When U.S. officials warn of "regrettable civilian casualties" resulting from a renewed bombing of Iraq, they should talk to Rema al-Attar.
By Dennis Bernstein
February 23, 1998
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A study written for the U.S. military, and obtained by Salon, describes a germ war scenario in which the U.S. suffers many casualties before it recovers.
By Jeff Stein
February 9, 1998
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In letters to Salon's correspondent, Pakistani terrorist Mir Aimal Kasi -- who faces the death penalty for killing two CIA employees -- explains why he did it, recounts his life on the lam and says his only regret is that he didn't kill higher-ranking CIA officials.
By Jeff Stein
January 22, 1998
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"We're not going to have a desert storm here. We're going to have a chemical or biological Oklahoma City."
By Jeff Stein
December 10, 1997
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Khomeini, Saddam, the killing of the Kurds, war after war in the Middle East -- all brought to you by the U.S. arms trade. Maybe it's time for Washington to rethink its policy.
By Jonathan Broder
December 5, 1997
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BY ERIC ALTERMAN
November 26, 1997
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Neither the massacre at Luxor nor the confrontation between the U.S. and Iraq are the real stories in the Middle East. Overshadowing everything is the failing Arab-Israeli peace process and the failure of the Clinton administration to do anything about it.
By Jonathan Broder
November 19, 1997
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A biological warfare expert examines allegations that Iraq possesses a new class of genetically engineered "bioweaponry" that could kill hundreds of thousands of people and terrorize American cities.
By Jonathan Broder
November 11, 1997
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When President Clinton appointed a special committee to look into Gulf War Syndrome, he told members to "leave no stone unturned" in getting at the causes of U.S. veterans' illnesses. One investigator took the president's words seriously -- and paid the price.
By Ros Davidson
September 10, 1997