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Kuwait paid the final installment of its $16.5 billion Desert Storm debt to the U.S. in December, relying partly on the country's Fund for Future Generations. Nevertheless, the Emir Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah ordered the government to write off $5 billion in consumer debts and assume responsibility for an additional $25 billion owed by commercial banks. Despite these obligations, a $5 billion reconstruction loan sought last fall was oversubscribed by a consortium of international banks...
...Sheik Jaber is not only determined to punish his enemies; he is also reluctant to trust his friends. Egypt and Syria offered to lend ground troops as a deterrent against the threat of future Iraqi aggression in exchange for billions of dollars in economic aid. But Kuwait wants no Arab soldiers stationed on its soil. Instead, the Kuwaitis are almost totally reliant on the ! U.S. for protection. They had hoped American troops would stay, but have contented themselves with a 10-year security agreement allowing the U.S. to maintain weapons and conduct military exercises in Kuwait...
This dependence on the U.S. has made Sheik Jaber more responsive to quiet American diplomacy pushing for democracy. Even opponents of the regime believe the Emir is sincere in proposing an election for a new parliament next October, though the most vocal advocates still cannot agree on whether to open the voting franchise, now limited to 65,000 Kuwaiti men, to women and others...
Saudi Arabia's King Fahd and Kuwait's Emir Jaber al-Sabah would be deeply distressed to find democracy and Palestine in their backyard. But they could do nothing about it. Other countries with a basic interest in the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, especially Syria and Egypt, would privately applaud Hussein...
...Egyptian, Saudi and Syrian units -- attacked at various times throughout the morning and early afternoon at points along the Saudi-Iraq border into the western tip of Kuwait. All moved fast and attained their most ambitious objectives. The 1st Marine Division, for example, by Sunday night had reached al-Jaber airport, half the 40-mile distance from the Saudi border to Kuwait City...