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...would take eight tumultuous days before Khomeini could wrest power from Bakhtiar, but already in his arrival speech he abandoned earlier hints of willingness to share power and demanded that the Prime Minister get out. Tipped off that the military was going to arrest him, Khomeini broadcast an appeal that brought tens of thousands of Iranians into the streets. Stores of weapons in the mosques were flowing into the hands of Khomeini loyalists, and a bloody civil war appeared almost certain...
...told story, he asked his Cabinet for candid advice when Iraq was faring badly early in the war against Iran. The Health Minister spoke up to suggest that Saddam resign temporarily to appease Iran until peace could be reached and then return. After thanking the minister, Saddam ordered his arrest. When the minister's wife pleaded for her husband's life, Saddam sent him back in pieces, stuffed in a black bag. Advisers learned better than to contradict...
Advocating for her husband’s return has forced Fu—a demure, supportive wife—to boldly delve into the intense, political side of Yang’s life she was mostly oblivious to before his arrest...
...weeks after his arrest, Fu tried to enter China to find her husband. Chinese immigration officers said she posed a threat to the country and forced her to return to America...
...husband’s arrest from their family for 10 days—and ended up defending Yang’s trip to her sister-in-law when she asked how Fu could have let Yang...