Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...whole plan hinged on finding the dividing line between "rewarding" aggression and "saving face" for Saddam. This would be the price for the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait and for avoiding the military option, with all its dangerous consequences...
...hand, Iraq's neighbors were apprehensive, and not without reason, because its aggressive behavior in the past few years was based on a rapidly growing military potential. On the other hand, Saddam himself was anxious, since he was sure that he would remain in the "gunsights" even if Iraqi troops were pulled out of Kuwait...
...proposed approach was to guarantee the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait by political means. This would be done by convincing Saddam that following his withdrawal, but not in "linkage" -- I want to stress this -- certain steps would be taken that promoted a settlement of regional disputes and stabilized the situation in the Middle East...
...listened attentively to the information I presented her, without interrupting. But then, for a good hour, she allowed no one to interrupt her monologue, in which she outlined in a most condensed way a position that was gaining greater momentum: not to limit things to a withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait but to inflict a devastating blow at Iraq, "to break the back" of Saddam and destroy the entire military, and perhaps industrial, potential of that country...
...second session with Saddam proved just as long as the first. Saddam invited practically the entire Iraqi leadership to the first part of the meeting. All were dressed in military uniform. Saddam pointed out that there were "hawks" and "doves" among his advisers. I wouldn't rule out the possibility that Saddam had said this on purpose, to show that there was room for maneuver. But even so, I had my doubts that Saddam's words about a diversity of opinion in the Iraqi leadership reflected the true picture. Everything was decided...