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07 December 1998

• U.S.-IRAQ: 'NO END GAME IN SIGHT' USIS Foreign Media Reaction Report -- December 7, 1998 -- Although relieved over Saddam Hussein's last-minute acquiescence in the face of a military threat, the foreign press worried that "Washington has no end game in sight in Iraq" and urged the U.S. to develop a longer-term strategy to avoid future security stand-offs with Baghdad.
• SHOW OF FARCE: Why our Iraq policy won't work By Patrick Clawson [director for research of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy] New Republic, December 7, 1998 -- Ultimately, neither inspections nor sanctions get to the core of the problem, which is the nature of the Iraqi regime. At his November 15 press conference, President Clinton identified the only solution: installing a new regime in Baghdad that has democratic legitimacy and respects human rights. None of the available options is ideal. The option of supporting opposition-led military operations deserves more serious attention from the administration than it has gotten.

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