mong Arabs, Embarrassment Over the Surrender of a Figure Who Once Defied the West

(New York Times) - "They wanted him to at least die fighting, not be caught lying down in some hole like a rat," said Mustapha Hamarneh, director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan. Many found it beyond belief that a man who had shot dead at least one cabinet minister, not to mention starting wars against Iran and Kuwait, had not so much as wounded a single American soldier.


2003-12-15 00:00:00

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