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America
appears to be within days of attacking Iraq. The President has told weapons
inspectors they should leave that country and Germany has evacuated its embassy. Once again, the US finds itself about to battle Iraq, although this time it will likely not be part of a grand coalition. How did the US come to the brink of another war with Saddam Hussein? In this two-hour special, FRONTLINE draws on its archive of more than 12 years of reporting on Iraq to tell the history of the US confrontation with Saddam. The special examines how the West armed Iraq, the mind and methods of Saddam Hussein, the origins of the first Gulf War and its ragged end, the frustrating effort to disarm Iraq through United Nations inspections, how Saddam survived efforts to undermine his power, and the long-standing effort by Washington hawks to remove him. |
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