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- Feb. 11, 1991: Is Saddam Cracking Up?
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Feb. 11, 1991 Saddam's Weird War
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 17
- Is Saddam Cracking Up?
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- <p>By Guy Garcia/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
- </p>
- <p> Saddam Hussein clearly intended to project the image of a
- strong and unflappable leader during his televised interview
- on CNN last week. But his eyes may have betrayed him by sending
- an altogether different message. Close watchers of the
- interview could not help noticing that the Iraqi leader was
- blinking at a frantic pace (as often as 40 times a minute, vs.
- 20 to 25 during a TV interview last June). John Molloy, a
- consultant who trains salespeople to handle stress, says
- Saddam's fluttering eyelids may be a sign of mental breakdown.
- "When salesmen start blinking, they're usually in trouble,"
- says Molloy. "The guy looks like he's falling apart." While
- medical researchers are split over the significance of rapid
- blinking, battlefield commanders confirm that the symptom is
- common among soldiers who have endured heavy bombardment.
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- </body></article>
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