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...Kuwait. In other words, we should ensure that Saddam's withdrawal was unconditional but also state definitively that such a move would open the way for a more active search for a solution of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It was not a question of adopting Saddam's plan of Aug. 12, in which he specifically linked an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories to an Iraqi departure from Kuwait. On the other hand, if the U.S. had agreed to our approach to the problem and had been able to talk Israel into agreeing to it, Saddam would not have been...
Consequently Iraq's neighbors are far from ready to trust Saddam again -- even if he withdraws completely from Kuwait. The gulf states and Saudi Arabia must find better ways of defending themselves than they had before Aug. 2. One possibility is that they will offer Egypt financial inducements to remain in the region as a deterrent force. Cairo sent two of its crack armored divisions to Saudi Arabia and does not expect them back in the foreseeable future...
This was a bombshell? At first glance it looked like a warmed-over version of an offer Saddam Hussein had made as early as Aug. 12, 10 days after his troops overran Kuwait -- but this time with even more conditions for an Iraqi pullout from the ravaged emirate. Iraq demanded not just an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza but also the removal of all allied troops from the Persian Gulf, including naval forces that have been on patrol there for decades. Plus forgiveness of all Iraqi debts. Plus reparations for the destruction caused by allied bombing. Plus...
...fact, while Kuwaitis were the most notorious among the gulf nationalities for flaunting their wealth and easy life-style, the Aug. 2 invasion was a cold shower for most of them. Though a few youths still dance the nights away, many of their peers are at the front. An estimated 23,000 Kuwaitis are believed to be under arms in Saudi Arabia. Only 7,000 are military personnel who escaped from Kuwait; the rest are volunteers. When an exile group in Cairo organized a training program for nurse's aides, 500 Kuwaitis applied for the 120 slots. Other displaced Kuwaitis...
...patch states, like Oklahoma Congressman Mike Synar, tend to line up with the petroleum industry. Detroit Democrats like Congressman Dingell back away from fuel-efficiency standards that are opposed by hometown automakers. And defenders of the environment can still turn up on both sides of the aisle. On Aug. 4, two days after the invasion of Kuwait, the House voted 281 to 82 effectively to ban for one year any drilling for natural gas along North Carolina's Outer Banks, one of the nation's largest untapped energy reserves...