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The front pages of most European newspapers were dominated Monday with the standoff in Northern Ireland between the Protestant Orange Order and the British government, which used police and troops to prevent Orangemen from marching through a Roman Catholic quarter of Drumcree Sunday.
The Standard warns that Saddam Hussein is going to win the current standoff with the United States: Even if we launch airstrikes, he will preserve his chemical weapons and his hold on power.
The WP lead says that UNSCOM inspectors see little evidence that the latest standoff with Iraq has improved their ability to search for weapons.
Whether the price is measured in either money or people, the United States cannot afford to build two separate capabilities for carrying out secret military operations, secretly operating standoff missiles, and secretly training foreign military or paramilitary forces.
A former CIA officer told the Dallas Morning News that members of the Army's Delta Force were present at the Waco standoff.