Political cartoon. (News Skills).1. Who are the people on the left? _____ 2. What country does the building represent? _____ 3. What individual put out the welcome mat? _____ 4. What symbols represent hostility? _____ 5. With the use of symbols, what does the cartoonist imply (suggest) about Iraq's attitude toward UN weapons inspections? _____ ANSWERS 1. A team of UN weapons inspectors 2. Iraq Iraq or Irak (both: ēräk`, ĭrăk`), officially Republic of Iraq, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,075,000), 167,924 sq mi (434,924 sq km), SW Asia. 3. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (born April 28, 1937, Tikrit, Iraq—died Dec. 30, 2006, Baghdad) President of Iraq (1979–2003). He joined the Ba'th Party in 1957. Following participation in a failed attempt to assassinate Iraqi Pres. 4. The barbed wire barbed wire, wire composed of two zinc-coated steel strands twisted together and having barbs spaced regularly along them. The need for barbed wire arose in the 19th cent. , dogs, and alligator alligator, large aquatic reptile of the genus Alligator, in the same order as the crocodile. There are two species—a large type found in the S United States and a small type found in E China. Alligators differ from crocodiles in several ways. 5. The cartoonist suggests that Saddam Hussein claims to welcome UN inspectors in Iraq, but he will actually try to keep the inspectors from doing their job. |
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