On The Road to Baghdad

After saying "We cannot be on the sidelines at a time when world peace is in jeopardy," ex-Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega arrived in Iraq last week. Daniel Ortega? Come to think of it, a lot of world players have been jumping off the bench and showing up at midfield Baghdad. Among those

Jesse Jackson

His exhaustively publicized journey liberated 47 U.S. hostages and helped fill four editions of his syndicated TV talk show.

Kurt Waldheim

The former U.N. Secretary-General, damaged by allegations about his Nazi past, + showed up early in the gulf crisis and got 70 hostages out, thereby helping...

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