Vultures Circling Over Baghdad
Baghdad has fallen. The regime of Saddam Hussein has been brought crashing down. But, no one seems to know where Saddam is. Has he fled, or does he have a couple of aces left up his sleeve? TEMPO reports from Baghdad.
April 15, 2003
UMMI Kultsum, a legendary diva who at one time dominated the Arab music world, once sang these lines: "Once he was a strong, upright tower that impressed the whole world, now he lies in ruins." This bitter eulogy was composed by Ummi shortly after Egypt was trounced by Israel in the Six Day War in 1967.
Last Wednesday afternoon, amid the ranks of coalition tanks trundling through the center of Baghdad, the haunting voice of Ummi came like a
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