VOL. XXXVI

NO. 9

30 NOVEMBER1992

The Political Scene

Even though there was no chance that the UN would lift its sanctions on Iraq,Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq 'Aziz's defiant performance in New Yorkprobably did little for the Iraqi cause. The Americans are trying to regulatethe flow of arms to Iran, without much visible success. SCIRI, the leading IraqiShi'a opposition group, has not given up on attempts to organize a unitedopposition front. Jordan's relations with the Gulf have again taken...