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...Soviets need Western economic assistance), a joint U.S.-Soviet condemnation of Iraq was swiftly crafted. Once that was in place, other nations could join Washington without fear of reprisal. But the pieces still needed assembling, and the years Bush spent assiduously courting foreign leaders paid off handsomely. "Call Fahd, call Ozal, say this to this guy, that to another," says a Bush aide who watched his boss calculate. "No memos were required. It was all in his head. He operated exactly opposite of how Reagan worked. He knew the military thrust should follow the diplomatic. He knew that...
Jackson arrived at the Charles Hotel at about 9:30 p.m. with his wife and two of his children for what he described as "a private visit" with the family of Prince Turki, who is a brother of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd. The Jacksons spent the night in the prince's 40-room suite and returned to Washington early yesterday morning...
Though help never came, Kuwaiti troops put up small pockets of resistance. At the palace, the country's symbolic heart, the Kuwaitis held their own through a two-hour artillery barrage. During the battle, the Emir's younger brother Fahd was killed. The Iraqi force assigned to secure the oil rigs off Kuwait's shores saw the most action. Kuwaiti troops and missile boats managed to sink and burn an unknown number of Iraqi landing craft and escort ships. By early afternoon, however, nearly all Kuwait's guns had been silenced. In all, it is estimated that 200 Kuwaitis were...
...face of such a ghastly tragedy, Saudi Arabia's response sounded shockingly cavalier. Officials initially dismissed reports of 1,400 killed as exaggerations, while King Fahd called the calamity "God's will." Said he: "Had they not died there, they would have died elsewhere." The unapologetic monarch suggested that the pilgrims themselves were to blame for not abiding by "official instructions." Later the government conceded on the death toll, but the King, in a radio address, clung to his claim of inculpability, asking, "Can anyone stop death...
...prince, who is a brother of King Fahd andfourth in line to the Saudi throne, arrived inCambridge in late July to visit an ailing relativeand tour local colleges with his children. But hismission here changed rapidly after Iraq invadedKuwait on August...