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The Guardian: Don't
be fooled by the pictures
A startled hush falls over 15,000 New Yorkers as Saddam Hussein strokes
his chin and considers his next chess move. Across the table George Bush
drums his fingers impatiently and waits his turn. The screen above reveals
a hooded Grim Reaper to be Bush and Saddam's puppeteer, controlling the
chess game below.
Technology Review: War
with IraqAs Predictable as Chess
War is no more predictable than is a game of chess. Even if we know the
rules and the strengths of the players, there are two sides. Early choices
made by the opponent can drastically affect the course of moves as well
as the outcome.
United Press International: Looking
for War with Iraq
It is turning out that Saddam is a better chess player than President George
W. Bush.
Toledo Blade: Falwell
tells local church a war against Iraq is just
Falwell: "I think that Saddam Hussein has been creating weapons of
mass destruction. I think he has had a good many months to hide those weapons.
I think hell move them around like a chess game and probably will
not be caught by the inspectors. But I dont think Mr. Bush will be
fooled on that."
Los Angeles Times: Shakira
ready to go from baring body to baring soul
Shakira used her concert to deliver an anti-war message that skewered President
Bush and Saddam Hussein. While she sang "Octavo Dia," a snarling
indictment of world conditions that she wrote years ago, a grainy video
portrayed the two leaders as puppets playing a hostile game of chess.
ABC, The Guardian, et al.: Inspectors
to Make Report on Search
The inspectors landed. Now the chess game begins, an intricate, slow-moving,
potentially lethal contest of will and words, the likes of which the world
has never seen.
Kentucky New Era: Iraqi chess game leaves butterflies in many stomachs
New York Post: Arafat playing a bloody game of political chess