UNHOLY BABYLON<br > In preparation since the autumn of 1989£®this book iS an insider¡¯S history of the<br > roots of Saddam Hussein¡¯S war，and a maddening indictment of our complicity<br > in it£®<br > Egyptian¡ªborn Adel Darwish£¬a Middle East correspondent forí¸e<br > Independent£¬and his pseudonymous coauthor Gregory Alexander，began<br > Unholy BabyfDÖäas a warning to the West about Saddam Hussein¡¯S motives and<br > military capabilities£®Their warning proved prescient when Saddam invaded<br > Kuwait and the United States went to war£®<br > This thoroughly researched and dramatic account iS an Arab¡¯S viewpoint of<br > how the West was maneuvered into fueling Saddam¡¯S and Iraq¡¯S rise to power<br > in the Middle East£®It casts new light on key events that have not been fully<br > explored by the media£¬and reveals intelligence documents that show how the<br > U£®S£®was caught unprepared for war despite clear warning signals from the CIA<br > and the international intelligence community£®<br > Unho&Ba6l£¬£¯on includes£º<br > r A vivid historical analysis of the roots of conflict between the Arab nations<br > and the West£®including U£®S£®policy in the Middle East<br > £¬Names and details the American and European firms who supplied Saddam<br > Hussein with weapons in clear violation of the law<br > f Texts of intelligence reports and documents£¬including key meetings between<br > Saddam Hussein and U£®S£®Ambassador April Glaspie and U£®S£®char96<br > d¡¯affaires Joseph Wilson<br > c Details about Saddam Hussein¡¯S early 1ire£ºhis exile from Iraq£®his role in the<br > attempted assassination of General Qasim of Iraq£¬his sponsorship of<br > terrorism£¬and much more<br > t How and why the U£®S£®persistently ignored intelligence reports in advance<br > of the invasion of Kuwait£®and how we were caught short in our deployment<br > of forces<br >