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Water has been called the oil of the 21st century. It is in ever shorter supply, and its price is rising in thirsty cities and farming regions from the Middle East to the American West. And what Kuwait is to oil, Canada could be to water. President George W. Bush suggested as much before last month's global economic summit, when he noted that "water will forever be an issue in the U.S., particularly the Western part," and added, "I look forward to discussing this with Prime Minister Jean Chretien...
DIED. FAISAL HUSSEINI, 60, leading PLO official in Jerusalem and peace advocate who pushed for a city open to both Israelis and Palestinians; of a heart attack; in Kuwait. Often mentioned as Yasser Arafat's possible successor, Husseini mastered Hebrew as an Israeli political prisoner in the 1980s and played an integral role in the landmark 1991 Madrid peace conference...
...aircraft carrier the USS Independence when Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Henderson remembers the adrenaline he felt as the carrier rushed to the Gulf...
...mean, I'm answering your question in a roundabout way because I want to put it in an overall context. What happens in the Middle East affects relations with, obviously now, more so than ever, with other nations in the region, and that includes places like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Those countries are very anxious about what's taking place in the Middle East...
...Jamil Hamad: I think the Israelis made a mistake, and that mistake was what caused the Americans to protest. Because it was a mistake that the Americans could not ignore - occupying another country is crossing a certain boundary. When Saddam Hussein entered Kuwait, that led most of the Arab states to support the U.S. in the Gulf War. So the Americans could not keep silent in the face of what had happened in Gaza, even if they believed Israel had been provoked by the mortar attacks...