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...black night heat, brilliant tungsten lamps spotlighted ranks of Abrams tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Humvees lining the draw yard at Camp Doha, as the first of 3,500 jet-lagged soldiers from Texas slung their gear aboard and revved the engines for the long drive into the desert. They were on a "combat time line," moving straight into battle position as if Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard troops were really advancing. "We are here to send a signal, and that signal is 'We are ready,'" said Colonel Robert C. Pollard. With its buildup in Kuwait last week...
Despite the nighttime drama at Doha--part of the U.S. force additions that include 4,700 ground troops, eight Stealth bombers, 23 F-16 fighters in Bahrain, a Patriot antimissile battery and 23 combat ships--military tensions seemed to diminish by day. The troops are officially embarked on a training mission dubbed "Intrinsic Action 96-3," hardly the ringing title of a real assault. Saddam stuck to his word, temporarily, by not firing at planes patrolling the no-fly zones. He appeared to be removing his antiaircraft missiles and mobile launchers. The U.S. stepped back from its threat of "disproportionate...
David Helsdon Doha, Qatar...
...Qatar conference began last week, no one could have foreseen its drastic outcome. Bedecked in flowing Saudi robes and headdress, Yamani, who has a Kissinger-style flair for personal diplomacy, arrived at the very last minute. As he entered the plush Gulf Hotel in the Qatar capital of Doha, which had been completely taken over for the conference and placed under heavy security, Yamani gave a swift aside to reporters: "We are for a six-month [price] freeze...
...generosity grew, so did his debts (about $14 million at last count) with Doha's local bankers; he just could not make ends meet, even though he got $12.5 million from Qatar's $50 million annual oil revenue. Soon Qatar's anxious bankers were backing young (30) Sheik Khalifa bin Hamad, Ali's nephew, who thought he was in line for the throne, and was pressing the old man to step down. The British, who watch over Qatar as a protectorate, took a hand when they detected signs of simmering insurrection among the Sheik...