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...outrage and thirst for vengeance that suffused the comments of senior Saudi and Kuwaiti officials last fall are gone. They are more cautious now, more level-headed, as they consider the realities of the Middle East after a victory over Iraq. Long major players in the region's intricate politics, these Saudis and Kuwaitis will be charged with picking up the pieces after the U.S. turns its attention to another crisis somewhere else in the world...
...time, this calculation led Kuwait's government-in-exile to urge that thousands of American ground troops remain in Kuwait indefinitely. "That's changed," says a Kuwaiti diplomat. "We want U.S. military equipment in place, just in case, and an increased American naval presence, but security on the ground should be left to Arabs." Toward that goal, the Gulf Cooperation Council (the gulf states and Saudi Arabia) is busy concocting an enhanced military defense scheme they call "GCC Plus." Two army components of approximately 30,000 ground troops each will probably be deputized as trip- wire forces to be stationed...
Jordan too will benefit. For months, gulf leaders coupled King Hussein with Saddam Hussein. "We didn't care if he met Saddam's fate, but reality intrudes," says a Kuwaiti official. "The Americans are right: no decent alternative exists. Middle East stability demands that we keep the King in power. We're prepared to help him. It sticks in all our throats -- we really hate him -- but what are you going...
Everything about Israel provokes the greatest curiosity. During a recent dinner in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, a Saudi and a Kuwaiti, both officials, spoke admiringly of Jerusalem's restraint in the face of Iraq's Scud attacks and discussed visiting Israel. "I want to fly El Al," said the Saudi. "That's nothing," said the Kuwaiti. "I want to take the QE2's Mediterranean cruise, the one that stops in Haifa for a week." "You're joking," said the Saudi. "No, I'm serious," replied the Kuwaiti. "Okay," the Saudi shot back, "I'll join...
...Iraqi prisoners are conscripts or enlisted men of low rank, in their 20s. About 5% are low-ranking officers; the highest is an infantry lieutenant colonel. But none are from Saddam's most formidable unit, the 150,000-man Republican Guard. From interrogating these soldiers, usually through volunteer Kuwaiti interpreters, the allies have developed a richly detailed picture of the Iraqi army's condition. Items...