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- <text id=92TT0102>
- <title>
- Jan. 20, 1992: World Notes:Iraq
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Jan. 20, 1992 Why Are Men and Women Different?
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 31
- World Notes
- IRAQ
- Rumor Mill in Overdrive
- </hdr><body>
- <p> One day word has it that 80 Iraqi military officers were
- executed for attempting a coup. Another day the rumor is that
- 76 Iraqis and Egyptians were put to death for mounting an
- anti-Saddam demonstration south of Baghdad. Still another day
- brings the story that former Iraqi Prime Minister Saadoun
- Hammadi and 24 high-ranking army officers were shot for a coup
- attempt.
- </p>
- <p> Unconfirmable reports of roundups and executions,
- circulated by Iraqi opposition sources intent on destabilizing
- the regime, have reached such a pitch that it is tempting to
- conclude that Saddam Hussein is pressing the panic button. On
- the other hand, Hammadi resurfaced in the inner circle after his
- rumored death. As for Saddam, he continues his belligerent hate
- campaign. Last week he marked Army Day with a cheer for the Scud
- missiles that had "hit the cursed Israel" during last year's
- war.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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