Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Gasior, 31, stumbled into the hothouse world of Iraqi trade after joining Kennametal, a Fortune 500 company, at its Latrobe, Pennsylvania, headquarters near Pittsburgh in 1989. Gasior became alarmed when she discovered that a shipment of carbide metal-working tools to Baghdad -- tools that could be used to cut uranium -- might be illegal. She also learned of Kennametal sales to Matrix Churchill, Iraq's main U.S. purchasing agent, which was gathering materiel for projects like the infamous Supergun. She says she warned company officers that Kennametal was not following export regulations, and questioned other company practices. Within nine months...
There's more evidence that Saddam Hussein tried to kill George Bush during the former President's victory lap through Kuwait last month. An Iraqi being held in Kuwait told FBI investigators he led an assassination team at the behest of Baghdad...
...effectiveness suffered." Schwarzkopf argued that the military had its hands full with deep defense cuts, troop reductions and base closures. He also offered a graphic description of how military leaders would respond to any order to integrate gays into the forces: "They will be just like many of the Iraqi troops who sat in the deserts of Kuwait forced to execute orders they didn't believe...
...INTELLIGENCE IS MAKING A CRASH EFFORT TO discover the roots of an alleged plot to assassinate former President Bush during his triumphant visit to Kuwait last month. Kuwaiti officials have arrested 16 people, including 11 Iraqi nationals, and have seized high-tech equipment and hundreds of pounds of explosives. According to the Washington Post, Kuwaiti officials say three attempts were planned, first a remote-controlled car bomb set to detonate as Bush arrived at Kuwait City, a second car bomb near a theater where Bush received an honorary doctorate, and last, a suicide attack by a man wrapped in explosives...
Sabbah al-Sabbah reviewed the destabilizing effects on Kuwait of the 1991 Iraqi occupation...