Word: delay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...actions and would have "no strings attached." With one exception: a guarantee that troops departing from Kuwait would not be attacked -- "shot in the back." Said Gorbachev: "The timing is crucial. If you cherish the lives of your countrymen and the fate of Iraq, then you must act without delay...
...rhetorical flourish. Harking back to a Friday-morning appearance in the bright sunshine of the Rose Garden, he remarked that he had given Saddam Hussein "one last chance . . . to do what he should have done more than six months ago: withdraw from Kuwait without condition or further delay." Saddam, he said, had responded only with "a redoubling" of efforts "to destroy completely Kuwait and its people" -- a reference to the "scorched earth" torching of oil wells and systematic executions of Kuwaitis, some allegedly snatched at random off the streets of Kuwait City. So, he said, the war that began...
...agreement was accompanied by a string of conditions. Washington and its major partners advanced a number of reasons for rejecting the Soviet-mediated offer, ranging from simple distrust of Saddam to news of the scorched-earth policy in Kuwait. But the predominant reason was a feeling that delay was beginning to work against the allies. They were being pulled into the very "bazaar bargaining," as one British official phrased it, that they had sworn to avoid. Worse, they were being maneuvered into a box. Had negotiations stayed on the course they were taking, the U.S. and friends would have...
Chen and his family had little chance against the court. Despite his weakened condition from an attempt to delay the trial with a hunger strike, Chen was forced to stand throughout...
Saddam's primary objective in a chemical strike would probably be to break | up, disorganize and delay charging forces. Troops cannot move fast in those awkward suits without getting overheated. Soldiers would have to pause frequently to sip water, kept in sealed containers, through straws attached to their masks. Communications are also complicated. The masks have a microphone attachment, but the sound is poor. And because it is difficult to tell one suited soldier from another, commanders are not easily recognized...