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Article: Saddam Hussein: 'Not a lunatic'; Part sleepless workaholic, part methodical murderer, he works best when cornered.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 23, 2002
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Byline: Peter Ford Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
PARIS -- In the high-stakes game of geopolitical chicken in which Washington and Baghdad are engaged, President Saddam Hussein is not going to blink first, according to biographers of the Iraqi leader and others who have studied his character and behavior.
"He can bob and weave, but he becomes dangerous when he is backed into a corner and he can lash out," says Jerrold Post, a former CIA analyst who pioneered political-psychological profiling of foreign leaders.
Adept at tactical maneuvering, determined to retain power, but aware that bowing to the Americans would destroy his ...