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ISLAMIC ART AND PATRONAGE: TREASURES FROM KUWAIT, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Tx. This show's 107 items -- illuminated manuscripts, glazed pottery and jewel-encrusted metal work -- are a poignant reminder of the artistic heritage of one of the world's most turbulent regions. March 16 through May 12.
A second option would see the coalition partners convene their own tribunal, using Nuremberg as a model. As in 1945, the judges would be drafted from among the victor nations. Experts caution that this approach might look like "victors' vengeance" and might offend those Arabs who still lionize Saddam. Procedure...
Says Graham Fuller, a Middle East specialist with the CIA during the 1980s: "There was a genuine visceral fear of Islam in Washington as a force that was utterly alien to American thinking, and that really scared us. Senior people at the Pentagon and elsewhere were much more concerned about...
While it took months for Desert Shield to be transformed into Desert Storm, U.S. policymakers were scrambling for cover within days of the invasion, trying to defend their actions from the harsh judgments of hindsight. The great "Who lost Kuwait?" debate was on. Revisionism was rampant. But what was clear...
Washington looked to moderate Arab governments for help in understanding Saddam, but their assessments were distorted. Like the U.S., Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Jordan were counting on Iraq to hold the line against the spread of Islamic fundamentalism from Iran. Their leaders repeatedly assured the U.S. that Saddam was...