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...able to drag Israel into the conflict without risking military retaliation. Well-placed sources say Iraqi agents in Jordan are preparing to destabilize King Hussein's regime, which could prompt intervention by Israel and Syria while diverting the world's attention. Among the targets already identified: U.S. Ambassador Roger Harrison. Says an Israeli military official: "Creating havoc in Jordan would serve Saddam Hussein's interests well. It might even bring Israel, Syria and even the Saudis to send troops to the Jordanian border...
Ognyan Pishev, who is currently Zhelev's economic advisor, but will soon be named ambassador to the United States, said in an interview that the Bulgarian leader and Bok discussed specific ways in which the Harvard community might assist the East European nation...
Pishev said that in his role as ambassador, hewill be responsible for implementing any jointprojects with Harvard, although no specific plansare yet in the works. "So if something doesn'twork, you can blame me," he said...
...that many Americans want Japan to play a larger role in the Persian Gulf. After the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Kaifu's government dithered for nearly a month before offering $1 billion to help finance the multilateral response. "Contemptible tokenism!," harrumphed Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican. The U.S. ambassador in Tokyo, Michael Armacost, was more diplomatic, but just as tough. Two weeks ago, Kaifu raised the figure to $4 billion -- serious money but eminently affordable for a country whose GNP rings up almost that much every 12 hours...
...State Department there were suspicions that the Administration's preferred scapegoat might be Ambassador April Glaspie, who left Baghdad for Washington the day before the invasion. At a meeting with Saddam on July 25 she told the Iraqi President that George Bush "personally wants to expand and deepen the relationship with Iraq." She assured him that "we don't have much to say about Arab-Arab differences, like your border differences with Kuwait. All we hope is that you solve those matters quickly...