Word: makeing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...what if the blockade is effective and Saddam proves as good as his threat to make sure his Western "guests" suffer the same fate as Iraqis? The Administration's answer is that it would try to fine-tune the effort to maximize the discomfort of Iraqis, and thus the political pressure on Saddam, without causing actual starvation. To stave off a famine, it might, for example, agree to permit emergency shipments of baby formula and grain...
...This could be accomplished by warning Jordan that if it does not stop supplies from reaching Iraq through its port at Aqaba, the U.S. will stop shipments from reaching % Jordan itself. As an inducement to King Hussein, oil-rich Arab states along with oil-hungry Japan have offered to make up any losses Jordan would suffer from such actions. The U.S. could also pledge to protect Jordan from any Iraqi military reprisal...
...some point, the White House believes, Saddam's increasingly untenable situation will force him to make a choice: either to lash out militarily or to seek a diplomatic compromise. Some experts detected a few feeble hints last week that he might be willing to negotiate, or was at least trying to buy time. "Saddam is not interested in going down in flames," one official said. "He's interested in power. So if he calculates that his gamble in Kuwait is not working, he may try to cut his losses and conserve his forces for another day." Washington rejected Saddam...
...most remarkable aspect of Brack's assignment has been the Pentagon's request for his measurements. Reason: the Defense Department wants to make sure it has a safety suit in his size in case Iraq uses chemical weapons. "You can't keep worrying about it, but the possibility of a gas attack is always in the back of your mind," says Brack, who took this week's cover picture. The subject, however, rarely comes up in Brack's conversations with the soldiers; instead, the troops keep asking him what the people back home think about the crisis...
...York prosecutor Charles Rose is willing to concede very little. "There are probably some psychological problems in his makeup, but that doesn't make him incapable of running the family," says Rose. "Gigante is one of the most astute crime bosses you'll ever encounter...