A BAD WEEK FOR SADDAM: First,
his stepson was arrested in the United States and deported (What's the matter with kids these days?). Next, according to
Geostrategy-Direct (full text requires subscription), the equally-doomed Iranian regime directed an Iraqi Shiite-head faction to cooperate with U.S.-led efforts to oust Saddam. Then, also according to Geostrategy-Direct, 7,000 American troops arrived in southern Turkey and efforts are underway to "restore" air bases in the northern Iraq province of Kurdistan.
