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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...
...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...
Some members of Congress said they would favor swift military retaliation against Iraq if it could be proved that Baghdad was behind a supposed plot to assassinate George Bush during his trip last month to Kuwait...
...Gulf War doves into Bosnia hawks: their deep suspicion of motives of national interest. In a recent debate, Anthony Lewis called George Bush a "gutless wimp" for letting the Serbs overrun Bosnia. It was pointed out that the gutless wimp took half a million Americans to war to liberate Kuwait. "Yes," replied Lewis triumphantly, "he did because of oil, O-I-L, the famous three- letter word." Any wimp, you see, can go to war for some vital national interest. Real men go to war for reasons of right...
...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...