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Article: Can Hussein be deterred? Experts say the Iraqi's survival instincts can be exploited.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 10, 2002
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Byline: Scott Peterson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
MOSCOW -- For hours, the thousands of Iraqi troops paraded in Baghdad, past a reviewing stand where Saddam Hussein - or at least his body double - presided. But amid all the menacing pomp was a tiny clue to the regime's vulnerability.
"The troops were all very neat, with Saddam looking at them," recalls Iraq analyst and journalist Patrick Cockburn. "But when I got close, I noticed they weren't wearing gloves - they were white sports socks."
While Iraq's feeling of vulnerability has helped drive its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), some analysts say that this very ...