1.   As you might expect from such a wily operator, the Iraqi dictator has picked the moment for his provocation carefully.

2.   But now the Defense Department acknowledges that thousands of U.S. servicemen could have been exposed to the chemical weapons of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

3.   But Powell has repeatedly vowed to tighten the noose of sanctions around the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and the military that U.S. officials contend props him up.

4.   But, as he and his advisers know well, the Iraqi dictator may not always be such an asset to his re-election campaign.

5.   But what does the Iraqi dictator really hope to gain from his military offensive against the minority Kurds in the safe haven of northern Iraq?

6.   Dole suggested that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was also better off now than he was before Clinton became president.

7.   Experience has shown that alarmism is impossible when it comes to the Iraqi dictator.

8.   For starters, his latest provocation aimed at UN arms control inspectors may have stopped inspections, but at a cost that is going to infuriate the Iraqi dictator.

9.   He shut down television stations, engineered his own malleable national assembly and irked the United States when he grinned and slapped backs with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

10.   In that sense, the Iraqi dictator may have done GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole a favor.