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- <text id=91TT2242>
- <title>
- Oct. 07, 1991: What Makes Samir Run?
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Oct. 07, 1991 Defusing the Nuclear Threat
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 15
- What Makes Samir Run?
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- <p>By Sidney Urquhart/Reported by Daniel S. Levy
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- <p> U.N. diplomats are abuzz about Saudi Ambassador Samir
- Shihabi's election as president of the General Assembly. The
- largely ceremonial post was expected to rotate to an Asian
- candidate. Where, then, did Shihabi get the fire in the belly?
- And how did he win so handily? Some officials believe the Saudis
- launched their candidate in response to a challenge from the
- delegate from Yemen, who had occasionally supported Saddam
- Hussein in the Security Council. U.N. sources also suggest that
- Shihabi's victory was cemented with some well-placed promises
- to a few impoverished countries. He was evidently so confident
- of winning that he and his entourage were seen inspecting the
- presidential offices even before the election took place.
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