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Under the pending resolution, the President would gain authority to issue orders on everything from wage hikes to property ownership. Though his pronouncements would be subject to a veto by the 542-member parliament, that body is so indecisive that Gorbachev would have plenty of leeway...
While distancing himself from Ryzhkov, Gorbachev has refused to sack him. At one point, Ryzhkov threatened to resign if parliament approved a proposal he could not "believe in." Later the Prime Minister endorsed the idea of giving Gorbachev almost single-handed control of the economy, though that would seriously undermine his own authority...
...counts. U.S. officials are concerned that Saddam may have found in Iran, against which Iraq fought a bloody eight-year war, an ally to help him punch a hole in the embargo. Nonetheless, they think, and diplomats in Baghdad agree, that Iraq may soon propose a new negotiated solution -- though on terms the U.S. would find highly unacceptable...
Iraq, however, showed signs of digging in for a prolonged confrontation. It reportedly increased its forces in and around Kuwait to 360,000 men and 2,800 tanks. In addition, Iraq stepped up the stridency of its rhetoric. Though Baghdad officials insisted Iraq would not strike first, the Revolutionary Command Council predicted "the mother of all battles" and denounced the "dwarfs led by Bush and his two servants ((King)) Fahd and Hosni ((Mubarak))." Saddam conceded that the U.S. is "the No. 1 superpower" but added that, nonetheless, "we are confident that we can hurt America" in a war with Iraq...
...Baghdad, however, TIME correspondent Carl Bernstein picked up from Arab and Western diplomats some glimmerings that Iraq might offer negotiations looking toward a withdrawal from part -- though not all -- of Kuwait. One of Saddam's principal advisers spoke hopefully of a possible compromise. "I don't say it will be withdrawal," he said, but "everything is open for the future...