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Convinced of the possibility of a peaceful settlement, the nations of the world mounted protest of enormous moral force against dictatorial avarice. Saddam spat in the world's face. Students across the United States, in conjunction with human rights organizations, augmented the protest...
...class- action suit in 1982 under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Federal courts ruled that the company had acted illegally and ordered Continental to compensate its retired workers. Last week Continental finally reached an agreement under which it will pay $415 million to 3,000 people, the largest settlement in the 17-year history of ERISA...
...promote partial solutions," a reference to a less than complete withdrawal by Iraq. They also disapproved of attempts to link an Iraqi pullout to "other problems," meaning the Israeli- occupied territories and Lebanon. The foreign ministers stressed, however, that the E.C. is committed to contributing "actively to a settlement" of those issues once the current crisis has unraveled. That was merely a bolder version of the Bush Administration's own doublespeak on the topic of linkage...
Meanwhile, a peaceful Palestinian settlement would remove a major stumbling block to stability in the Middle East. Even with the Iraqi war machine relatively intact, Hussein would have little cause to use it against Israel. Europe, the Soviet Union and the U.S. would stand united behind U.N. resolutions guaranteeing security for all states, including Israel. This crisis has made all too clear how a peaceful solution to the Palestinian issue is a prerequisite for Israel's own security...
ADMITTEDLY, Baker's "talking" may not lead to peace. Iraq might not buy Baker's statements about his support for Palestinian sovereignty. And no matter how hard the United States tries to establish a settlement, negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians still might fail...