Word: aziz
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...only branch of government with the constitutional power to declare war, had still not spoken, and the President was threatening to move with or without the lawmakers' approval. Last week, after the failure of the Geneva talks between Secretary of State James Baker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, Congress took up the question of war and peace with a rare sense of urgency. Said Speaker of the House Thomas Foley: "This is a matter of enormous moment...
Still, before the Baker-Aziz meeting, several senior members of the royal family had privately told President Bush that they feared "strains in our % society" if Desert Shield continues indefinitely and inconclusively. A top Administration Arabist has predicted that if American forces are still camped in the desert during the holy month of Ramadan, which begins in mid-March, the result could be "an increase in clandestine opposition from religious extremists, with possible destabilizing results." Many Saudis reacted with something like relief to the apparent breakdown of diplomacy last week. If there is to be a military moment of truth...
Just after 10 p.m. local time, phones rang, beepers went off and dinner parties were interrupted by aides handing messages to senior Israeli officials. Secretary of State James Baker had just emerged from his meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz in Geneva and announced that the talks had failed. That was good news to members of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's government, who dreaded a deal linking the gulf crisis with Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. But their sense of relief did not last long. Appearing before reporters about an hour later, Aziz was asked...
Iraqi parliament endorses Saddam's decision to free thousands of Western hostages. Diplomats from U.S. Embassy in Kuwait leave occupied emirate. Iraq insists it will set date for direct U.S.-Iraqi talks. European leaders put meeting with Iraq on hold after talks between Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz and Bush are canceled...
Bush offers to send Baker to Geneva to meet Aziz in "one last attempt." at peace. Iraq agrees to talks. Saddam tells Iraqis to prepare for a long war, ruling out unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait. France says it will pursue its own peace initiative if the Geneva meeting fails. After six hours of talks with Aziz, Baker says he finds no Iraqi flexibility...