This Week's Only News Story Fizzles

"We have to be guided by law in this manner," Ari Fleischer says of allowing that ship of Scuds to enter Yemen. "The shipment is part of contracts signed some time ago," says Yemeni foreign minister Abubakr al-Qirbi. "It belongs to the Yemeni Government and its army and is meant for defensive purposes." But don't worry, hawks; you can still blame this one on Powell.

Comments

[some guy]

Ok, how do you use a Scud for defensive purposes?

[Michael Wagner]

You use a Scud for defensive purposes by threatening people who might attack you. I can't figure out who would attack Yemen that has anything to loose to a Scud attack.