Word: defendents
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...Wood to consider at least some of the dozens of other allegations against Milken that the government dropped in its plea-bargain agreement. Judges are free to weigh dismissed counts in reaching a sentence. But if Wood does decide to review the dropped charges, Milken has the right to defend himself at a hearing that could add months to the sentencing process...
...foreign defenders have saved Saudi Arabia from Saddam so far, but at the same time the influx of troops has underscored the country's vulnerability. Like the boy who called the bluff on the emperor's new clothes, the Iraqi leader made it plain that Saudi Arabia was not quite the muscular Arab power it appeared to be. "Saddam showed that we are a paper tiger," notes an economist in Riyadh. "Our ability to defend ourselves is a joke." That realization augurs a revamping of the Saudi military. Less easily fixed is the ! breach of the implicit contract between...
...quickly < changed his mind. Even as U.S. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney flew to Riyadh immediately after the invasion of Kuwait, Fahd conferred with key royals and decided to accept American troops if Cheney made a convincing case. When the Defense Secretary said President Bush was prepared to help defend the kingdom, Fahd replied, "That's what I thought. Come...
...second reason is moral. I do not intend here to defend American involvement in the Third World. I agree with Mr. Morgan; no country has the moral right to impose its will on a sovereign state by military force. How we implement this is through actions behind our words. If it means that we have to send troops to tell dictators that they cannot invade defenseless neighbors with impunity...
...already cut off key Iraqi oil pipelines, is in the better position to severely disrupt the flow. With some effort, the Ataturk dam on the Euphrates River could be used as a plug on the crucial water supply, and there are already enough antiaircraft missiles in place to defend it from Iraqi bombers. Another, more wasteful proposal is simply to divert feeder rivers into desert areas. U.S. officials are aware that the Iraqi regime worries about a cutoff: in the early days of the crisis, Baghdad pointedly warned Turkey not to tamper with its water...