CIA warns of limited Soviet war plans before 1979 attack
Newly declassified CIA records show a December 19 1979 top secret alert that Moscow planned multi battalion combat operations in Afghanistan, though officials judged the force limited and not necessarily imminent. The article traces the evolution and uncertainty of strategic warning during the Cold War amid later global flashpoints.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
CIA
Sey
U.S
Persian Gulf
Somalia
Bosnia
Robert Gates
Chuck Homer
Norad North American Defense Command
Europe
CLA
Cynthia Grabo
CIA group weighs war odds in weekly forecast brief
At CIA headquarters senior intelligence officials meet weekly to assess the probability of war in about a dozen hot spots. They assign percentages on six month horizons and may recommend an alert memorandum to the president and top advisers if a crisis looms.
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Washington
CIA
Intel
George Tenet
Zaire
Rwanda
Mobutu Sese Seko
Ramadan could shield Saddam weapons from UN inspectors
General Anthony Zinni warned during a four day Gulf tour that Iraq may exploit the Ramadan period starting next week to conceal chemical and biological weapons from UN inspectors. He said Iraq’s military likely to pause and security around palaces and sites could hinder inspection teams while U.S. forces conduct deny flight missions from Prince Sultan Air Base. He stressed the need for Gulf leaders in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to support the U.S. military during the holy month.
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Saudi Arabia
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
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Persian Gulf
Marine Corps
Anthony Zinni
U.N. Special Commission
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Zinni
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Kuwait
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Archer demands Clinton fire health care aide over ruling
Rep. Bill Archer calls on President Clinton to dismiss the aide who led the White House health care task force after a federal judge scolded the administration for misleading affidavit practices. Archer also questions billing taxpayers for a $285,864 penalty while noting court findings and ethics concerns.
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Clinton
White House
Bill Archer
Texas
U.S
Royce C. Lamberth
House
Ways and Means Committee
Lamberth
Magaziner
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Archer
Association of American Surgeons and Physicians
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Iraqi oil shipments to resume under oil for food plan
Iraq expects to resume oil exports within a week as part of the oil for food program. Amer Mohammed Rashid said a new six month phase plan for distributing food and medicine has been sent to UN chief Kofi Annan for approval, with a reply due in a few days.
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Iraq
U.N
Kofi Annan
Amer Mohammed Rashid
Kuwait
Security Council
D’Amato pushes five year teacher evaluation plan
Sen Alfonso D Amato urges yearly reviews for U S teachers every five years to keep jobs and empower principals to remove violent students He also proposes ending tenure to allow merit based retention for successful teachers in the Republicans weekly radio address
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