Lessons for next time.
The writer assesses the reaction in the Arab world to the U.S. threats to militarily punish Iraq in early 1998 for its obstruction of the activities of UN weapons inspectors. The prevailing perception was that to hold Iraqi president Saddam Hussein responsible for the conditions affecting the entir...
| Publicado en: | World Today Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 90 - 93 |
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Royal Institute of International Affairs
April 1998
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