Word: als
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were among the 25 terrorists accused of attempted murder and conspiracy against Kuwait after seven bombs rocked the oil-rich gulf state one morning last December, leaving 60 wounded and five dead. "Long live justice!" cried one relieved young man among the spectators as Chief Judge Ghazi al Sammar declared five of the defendants not guilty. But in the course of his 15-minute verdict, Sammar dispensed sentences of from five to 15 years in prison to seven of the culprits and life imprisonment to seven others. Six defendants (including three of the four still at large) were found guilty...
Five of the condemned men are Shi'ite Muslims who belong to Iraq's underground and Iran-backed Al Dawa Party. Committed to toppling the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, they plotted the attacks to punish Kuwait, France and the U.S. for allegedly supporting Iraq in its 42-month war against Iran. Yet the attempt proved to be both ill-managed and ill-starred. Most of the blast from a car bomb outside the French embassy was absorbed by a thick brick wall. Another car bomb, meant to wreck a local petrochemical complex, exploded outside the compound...
...fitting the description of a radar-controlled Exocet reportedly hit a 41,000-ton Greek tanker, Filikon L., that was more than 70 miles away from Kharg Island. The ship, under contract to the Kuwait Petroleum Corp., had just loaded up with fuel at the Kuwaiti port of Mina al Ahmadi. Damage proved relatively minor, but a second ship hit in the same attack was not so lucky. A South Korean supply vessel under contract to Aramco, the Saudi oil company, which was serving offshore rigs at the Saudi oilfields of Marjon, exploded, caught fire and sank. At least...
...Dear Al...
...invasion and threatening sanctions, and suggesting that the U.S. might vote in favor of the resolution. This would have been an unprecedented step for the U.S. and also entirely out of character for the President. I asked Clark who had made the decision. "The President of the United States, Al; we've got the decision, and there is no more discussion...