The elephant and the hawk. (Saddam Hussein's verbal war with Israel)

The Economist (US);  April 21, 1990 ;     787 words ......to put 250 miles of desert, called Jordan, between Israel and Iraq. For that reason, and perhaps for that reason only, Israel and Iraq are probably not on the threshold of a nuclear-versus-chemicals Armageddon. Israel has nuclear and chemical weapons (though does not admit it) and Iraq has chemical ones. ...

Saddam Hussein pushes political war

The Boston Globe;  January 23, 1991 ;   H.D.S. Greenway, Globe Staff;   787 words ......field yesterday, Saddam Hussein delivered on yet...missile attack on Israel yesterday, his...psychological weight, and Saddam Hussein is waging a political...Saudi Arabia and Israel as promised. He...The air war, in Saddam Hussein's view, was something...both the West ...

ISRAEL Saddam Hussein's survival may spur a retaliation

The Boston Globe;  February 23, 1991 ;   Sally Jacobs, Globe Staff;   787 words ......military action by Israel. For the plans...with President Saddam Hussein at its helm...experience for Israelis." As Israel waited for the...the prospect of Saddam Hussein remaining in power...stance against Saddam Hussein. "Kuwait was merely...Netanyahu told ...

Saddam Hussein: madman -- or master tactician? Mideast analysts take stock...

The Boston Globe;  January 17, 1993 ;   Ethan Bronner, Globe Staff;   787 words ......directions, Saddam Hussein figured he...on Iraq at Israel's Haifa University...noted that Israel and the Serbs...resolutions and Saddam Hussein wanted to...Lebanon by Israel, this was a moment for Saddam Hussein to raise the...

Israelis see demise of Saddam Hussein as a mixed blessing.(The Dallas...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  April 6, 2003 ;   Robberson, Tod;   787 words ......might be entering its final days, but Israelis say it's too early to celebrate the...Arab neighbors. In fact, some say Israel's problems may only have just begun...television images of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein continuing to meet with his top advisers...submission on the outskirts of Baghdad. ...

Israelis see demise of Saddam Hussein as a mixed blessing.

The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  April 6, 2003 ;     787 words ......might be entering its final days, but Israelis say it's too early to celebrate the...Arab neighbors. In fact, some say Israel's problems may only have just begun...television images of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein continuing to meet with his top advisers...submission on the outskirts of Baghdad. ...

How Saddam Hussein played the Palestinian card

The Boston Globe;  January 18, 1991 ;   H.D.S. Greenway, Globe Staff;   675 words ......Baghdad was that Saddam Hussein never had any...quit Kuwait if Israel gave up the West...reasonable to ask Israel to sit down and...Iraqi guns, and Saddam Hussein's promise to strike at Israel -- even though...after the war when Saddam Hussein no longer threatens ...

Israelis Support Military Intervention against Saddam Hussein.

Israel Faxx;  March 20, 2003 ;     383 words ......majority of Israelis support a...President Saddam Hussein. Israeli publicist...missiles. I think Israelis see Saddam Hussein as a threat...we see that Saddam Hussein pays families...attacks against Israeli citizens...

Profile: Middle East reaction to the Bush administration's desire to...

Morning Edition (NPR);  September 13, 2002 ;   BOB EDWARDS;   676 words ......desire to topple Saddam Hussein in Iraq has...exception is Israel, which considers...to persuade Israel that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is a grave...Palestinians and the Israeli Arabs identifying...completely with Saddam Hussein which they...

Barak defends Israeli plan to assassinate Saddam Hussein

AP Worldstream;  December 19, 2003 ;   PETER ENAV, Associated Press Writer;   513 words ......JERUSALEM Former Israeli Prime Minister...defended on Friday Israel's plan to assassinate...Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, breaking his...began after five Israeli commandos were...Scud missiles at Israeli in the 1991 Gulf...had taken out Saddam Hussein with a ...

Relief at missiles' low toll, anger at Saddam Hussein

The Boston Globe;  January 19, 1991 ;   Larry Tye, Globe Staff;   478 words ......yesterday that President Saddam Hussein of Iraq is trying to draw Israel into the Persian Gulf...when it came to whether Israel should strike back, though...took a different stand. "Israel and the Jewish people...any more Iraqi activity, Israel will retaliate, and it...support ...

Iraq Pursues Politics of Pragmatism; Saddam Hussein Seeks Bridges to West,...

The Washington Post;  May 13, 1989 ;   Patrick E. Tyler;   787 words ...President Saddam Hussein, seeking to rebuild his...bellicose relationship with Israel. Hussein, who turned...Syria, has compelled Saddam Hussein to temper Iraq's radical...and Iraqi officials. "Saddam realizes he came close...reexamining its policy toward Israel in the event that ...

Drivers told to prepare for petrol price rise; MIDDLE EAST: Oil price...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  April 9, 2002 ;     403 words ......oil surged yesterday after Saddam Hussein said Iraq would cut off oil exports unless Israel withdrew from Palestine...from yesterday, or until Israel withdraws from Palestinian territories. He said that if Israel had not withdrawn within...

SADDAM HUSSEIN

Jewish Exponent;  February 17, 1995 ;   Leonard Getz;   787 words ......Jewish Exponent 02-17-1995 SADDAM HUSSEIN. by Nita Renfrew, Chelsea...Chelsea house published Saddam Hussein by Nita Renfrew (1992), a...and history of the State of Israel. Consider the following excerpts...the ongoing Arab boycott of Israel and of companies that do business with ...

Israel should act against Saddam Hussein

University Wire;  March 3, 1998 ;   Michael Rader '95;   787 words ......escalated his support of Hizbullah in Lebanon. Israel, in turn, beefed up its Golan defenses and prepared...bombs to deliver them. Both the UN inspectors and Israeli security sources doubt whether Iraq, on the other...Aviv -- and yet, in the past two weeks millions of Israelis have prepared themselves ...