Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...place during the three weeks that had passed since the first meeting. During our talk on Oct. 5, Saddam had emphasized that Kuwait "historically belonged" to Iraq, but this time the subject was not broached at all. Nor was he dismissive when I told him that the withdrawal of Iraqi forces must be carried out "as a first step toward any other actions." He also seemed willing to speak about the specific conditions for such a withdrawal...
...forces from Saudi Arabia will be resolved?" Saddam replied. "Will the U.N. sanctions against Iraq be lifted, or will they remain in force? How will my country's interest concerning an outlet to the sea be ensured? Will there be some form of linkage between the Iraqi troop pullout from Kuwait and a solution to the Palestinian problem...
...arrived in New York City on Nov. 15, just as the U.N. Security Council was debating a resolution that would establish a deadline for an Iraqi withdrawal. In an interview in the New York Times, I proposed postponing the adoption of that resolution. The draft of such a resolution could have been meaningful if the possibility of its adoption had been hung like the Sword of Damocles over Iraq. However, it seemed to me that if such a resolution became a reality, then the field for action would be narrowed. And I was firmly convinced that psychologically, for Saddam...
President Gorbachev decided that we should try to set up one last meeting between American and Iraqi officials. Flying to Baghdad at the end of December, Belousov tried to talk Saddam into holding a meeting with American representatives in Geneva, when President Bush's proposal for such a session already seemed to be blocked. The meeting between Baker and Aziz was held on Jan. 9, but it produced no results...
Shortly before Bush departed for the show, he had spoken with Mikhail Gorbachev, who reported that he and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz had agreed on terms for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait, terms that would allow Saddam Hussein to preserve much of his military machine and political prestige...