VOL. XXXV

NO. 48

31-AUGUST-1992

The Political Scene

Warplanes from Britain, France and the United States have begun patrollingthe skies of southern Iraq to enforce a ban on Iraqi flights in the area. Themove is designed to protect the dissident Shi'a population of the southernmarshlands. But the action has met with a distinctly unenthusiastic responsefrom the West's allies in the region who fear that it will lead to a division ofIraq. In Washington the first week of the resumed Middle East peace...