Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sheehan also described an Arab summit shortly before the war, in which the foreign minister of Kuwait confronted Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz. According to Sheehan, Aziz responded that Kuwait should be careful because Iraq possessed documents which revealed that Kuwait and the U.S. had purposely goaded Iraq...
...Bush's fault, since he "left them to die." It's all Bush's fault, since the "United States caused a revolt." Let's not look at the underlying causes of the revolt (i.e., Saddam's ruthless reign). It's all Bush's fault that we devastated the Iraqi army. Let's not put any blame on the man who invaded Kuwait, mutilated its people and failed to respond to our ample warnings...
...speak of the needless slaughter of Iraqi troops on the Basra road, but then say that the United States left just enough of Iraq's military intact to cause the revolt to fail, as if it were some conspiracy. Did we go too far or not far enough? Make up your mind. By the way, when you're dodging ground fire in an Apache helicopter, you don't circle enemy tanks until every soldier has left his vehicle. How much time does it take for an Iraqi soldier to leave his vehicle anyway...
...only would this require some nasty fighting, it would also ensure our presence in Iraq for an indefinite time to come. Instead of simply freeing Kuwait and getting out (as Bush originally promised), the United States would become directly responsible for the government and destiny of the Iraqi nation...
Still, Donziger said that the group has been promised "a maximum of freedom and independence by the Iraqi government...