VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 47

21 AUGUST 1995

The Political Scene

The defection of Gen. Husain Kamil to Jordan has continued to monopolize thepolitical limelight in the Middle East. In an unconvincing excercise in damagelimitation, the Iraqis claimed that Gen. Kamil was responsible for theconcealment of information about weapons programs which the government nowwishes to disclose to the UN. Gen. Kamil, meanwhile, gave a press conference inJordan at which he called for the overthrow of his father-in-law,...