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...Kuwait's prewar population of 2 million. Before last week, sketchy reports seeping out of the occupied emirate portrayed a country that had sustained much damage and disruption but was far from devastated. That picture, however, may have been tragically altered by the billowing clouds of smoke emanating from Kuwaiti oil wells late last week, part of what President Bush denounced as Saddam's "scorched earth" policy...
...likely to happen. Although putting out the fires could be a difficult and time-consuming task, Kuwait's 94.5 billion-bbl. oil reserves will hardly be dented. Depending on how much damage has been done to other facilities, production could resume within six months after the end of hostilities, Kuwaiti officials say -- though it may be years before output reaches prewar levels. "They will not lose enough to threaten their reserves or their economy or the world oil market in the long term," said an American oil expert...
...political reasons, Kuwaiti forces have been assured they will be in the front lines as the coalition troops march into Kuwait City. But other allied soldiers will be alongside, watching them closely. "There is a very strong danger that the Palestinians will be massacred," said a U.S. official in Riyadh. "It is a major consideration, and there has been a lot of planning to avoid...
...Emir as they are to the Iraqis; if they manage to seize control of the capital before the allies arrive, they might demand democratic concessions from the ruling family. "The politics of liberation are very complex," said a Western diplomat. "It could take place on the terms of the Kuwaiti resistance." The ruling Sabah family has promised to respect the constitution of 1962 by holding parliamentary elections sometime after liberation. But the exiled opposition and resistance leaders are skeptical. The crown prince, Sheik Saad, has said he may install martial law first...
...commence. The extent of that task will not be clear , until the war is over and the damage can be surveyed. A lot depends on how much more fighting takes place, and how much more damage the Iraqis choose to inflict on the country as they exit. But the Kuwaiti government-in-exile has hired the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to lead the cleanup and repair operation for the first 90 days. Companies in several allied countries are already fighting for pieces of the lucrative construction work that lies ahead. Estimates of the cost of rebuilding Kuwait range...