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...ratios seem extremely unfavorable. Conventional military wisdom is that attackers should have a 3-to-1 superiority in numbers to blast defenders out of well-entrenched positions; in Kuwait and Iraq the numbers would be only equal. American tanks would actually be outnumbered 3-to-1 by Iraqi armor, though the numbers of heavy tanks would be approximately even, and the American M1 Abrams is thought to be superior in speed, maneuverability and firepower to Iraq's top-of-the-line Soviet-built T-72. The relentless hammering that Saddam's troops would take from U.S. airplanes is the main...
...chilling assertion that future Universal film projects must meet home-office approval. Said a startled George Kirgo, president of the Writers Guild of America, West: "What does that mean, 'inspirational'? To be told that there are going to be restrictions for writers is appalling." Two days later, though, Tanii, who apparently had been caught off guard, clarified his response: "There should be no misunderstanding of Matsushita's position in this important area. Creative decisions for MCA will be made by MCA management...
Cardoen makes no apologies for helping arm Iraqi soldiers, even though the cluster-bomb factory he built on the outskirts of Baghdad is no doubt spitting out weapons that might be used against the multinational alliance arrayed against Saddam in the Persian Gulf. Cardoen rationalizes his position by explaining that he began selling Saddam arms "when Iraq was considered a friend of the West who was fighting the Ayatullah ((Khomeini...
...Cardoen first worked in the U.S. and Chile as a mining engineer. He founded the company that bears his name in 1977, after Chile's former President, General Augusto Pinochet, whose repressive government was the object of an international arms-sales boycott, asked local companies to fill the gap. Though arms manufacture has been Cardoen's main business ever since, he also deals in industrial explosives, real estate, cattle, rental cars and aircraft. He owns a small publishing house and a large kiwifruit orchard. He is nothing if not flexible in his dealings: Saddam paid for some of his weapons...
...Though Iran-contra ranked as the most insidious scam of the mud-spattered '80s, not one of the eight convicted offenders has spent a night in jail. Last week a court ruling made it likely that the two key culprits, Oliver North and John Poindexter, would also see their records scrubbed clean in legal terms. Further, the decision may force Congress to choose between , spectacular public hearings and criminal prosecutions in future scandals...