VOL.XXXVI

NO.16

18 JANUARY 1993

The Political Scene

At the official level, the reaction in the Middle East to the allied attackon Iraqi air defense installations has been unenthusiastic, in all probabilitybecause of popular anger at what is seen as the west's chronic double standardswhen it comes to enforcing UN resolutions dealing with Iraq and Israel. In thecircumstances, US President-elect Bill Clinton's apparently conciliatory attitudetowards Iraqi President Saddam Husain in an interview with...