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...vague demand for the release of the thousands of Palestinians detained by Israel during the uprising in the occupied territories was just a bargaining ploy that could be dropped, Ahmed Jibril, a radical Palestinian leader with strong ties to Syria, < specifically called for their release. A senior British diplomat warns, "It's impossible to tell whether he was speaking for himself, his group, the Palestine Liberation Organization or all of them...
...discouraged by Washington, primarily because of former White House aide Oliver North's involvement; but rumors of drug running by CIA pilots to pay for contra guns have persisted. "The story has never been proved or disproved, but there is the nagging wonder," says a former Central American diplomat. "If it proved true, the mess could end up on George Bush's back...
...dress shoes a year. Grandmothers hand over their yearly ration of textile coupons to the young; mothers sell their gold jewelry for consumer goods like TVs and radios. "Those under 30 are bored with the story of the revolution and are cynical about the government," says a European diplomat. "They want jobs, dollars and consumer goods...
...Kuwaiti government is behaving as would most regimes in similar circumstances. Its overriding priority has been the reassertion of its authority. But its decision to disband the resistance groups that kept the peace in the weeks following liberation has been "a colossal error," in the words of a Western diplomat. "Embracing those who stayed and fought, using their expertise and praising their willingness to help, could have gone far toward uniting the nation...
...another adroit move, the Emir has called for an entirely new parliament to be elected in October 1992. "Too far away," says Abdullah al-Nibari, an opposition leader. But again, few seem to care so long as a date has been set. "In all of this," admits a U.S. diplomat, "the anti-Sabah factions have been hurt by President Bush's saying that the gulf war was not fought in order to bring democracy to Kuwait. The Secretary of State has admitted that Kuwait's government is not 'the optimum type of regime,' but when the President, who's considered...