The Road to Baghdad
Tags: IRAQ -- Military relations -- United States; ASSASSINATION; STRATEGY; COUPS d'etat
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- The Road to Baghdad. Yourish, Karen // Newsweek;9/16/2002, Vol. 140 Issue 12, p24
Details a possible military strategy for a United States attack on Iraq. Data on the number of Iraqi and U.S. troops; Estimation of military equipment possessed by Iraq; Five scenarios, including an assassination of Saddam Hussein or coups d'etat; Location of possible nuclear, biological, and...
- The Road to Baghdad. Yourish, Karen // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);9/16/2002-9/23/2002, Vol. 140 Issue 12/13, p30
Details a possible military strategy for a United States attack on Iraq. Data on the number of Iraqi and U.S. troops; Estimation of military equipment possessed by Iraq; Five scenarios, including an assassination of Saddam Hussein or coups d'etat; Location of possible nuclear, biological, and...
- RISK SUMMARY: CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. // West & Central Africa Monitor;Feb2005, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p6
This article presents information related to political developments in the Central African Republic. Central African Republics Elections (CAFR) scheduled for February 2005 are a sign of political progress, but may suffer from political violence, given persistent insecurity in some parts of the...
- If It's Thursday. // Time;12/7/1981, Vol. 118 Issue 23, p51
The article focuses on the attempted coup to topple the left-wing regime of President Albert Rene in an airport in Swaziland. It reports that after the mercenaries waged a 20-hour airport battle with government forces, the coup collapsed in which 44 of the mercenaries escaped by hijacking an Air...
- MARK THATCHER'S COUP DE GR�CE. Walt, Vivienne // Fortune;9/20/2004, Vol. 150 Issue 6, p44
Offers a look at the arrest of Mark Thatcher, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, by South African police in September 2004. Accusation that Thatcher helped finance a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea; Conviction of Thatcher's friend Simon Mann for buying weapons for the...
- OUT OF THE PICTURE? Macintyre, Donald; Forney, Matthew; Im, Marian; Zwetsloot, Jacco // Time International (South Pacific Edition);12/6/2004, Issue 48, p9
The article reports on the rumors spread in the Asian financial markets that Kim Jong Il, North Korea's despotic leader had been assassinated by his nephew during a palace coup. It was also reported that the ubiquitous propaganda portraits of Kim have been mysteriously disappearing from...
- Coup d'etat in America (Book Review). Kister, Kenneth F. // LJ: Library Journal;10/15/1975, Vol. 100 Issue 18, p1930
Reviews the book 'Coup d'etat in America: The CIA and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy,' by Michael Canfield and Alan J. Weberman.
- Stretching the Troops in Iraq. Thompson, Mark // Time International (South Pacific Edition);6/14/2004, Issue 23, p12
The article reports on the intentions of the U.S. Army to stretch its troop strength in Iraq. According to the so-called stop-loss order, soldiers will be kept in uniform for an extra three months before and after their units' one-year stint in Iraq or Afghanistan. The Army has already kept...
- Saddam's War. Thomas, Evan; Barry, John; Peraino, Kevin; Dickey, Christopher; Brant, Martha; Dehghanpisheh, Babak // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);3/17/2003, Vol. 141 Issue 11, p20
Examines Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's survival strategy against a possible U.S.-led invasion. How Hussein's stalling tactics could sway international opinion; Outlook for Iraqi resistance as U.S. forces push north out of Kuwait; Views of U.S. intelligence; Probable role of Hussein's elite...
