Word: kuwaiti
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...repay the billions he had borrowed to fight a war that served their interests. Frustration led to rage. In fact, Saddam's grudge against Kuwait had been festering for some time. During the war with Iran, he asked permission for his troops to make temporary use of Kuwaiti territory in preparation for battle. Kuwait refused. Saddam's reaction, reported by a former bodyguard: "They refuse? Perfect. One day, the Kuwaitis will be gnawing their knuckles...
...Frontline Marines continued fire over the Kuwaiti border yesterday. They report to have destroyed 25 Iraqi tanks...
Saddam has employed 50 African occultists to advise him on war strategy, according to a Kuwaiti newspaper-in-exile now publishing in Saudi Arabia. Televangelist Pat Robertson has cited the fantastical tale on his Christian TV network. He has long believed that a Middle East war would be a prelude to Armageddon...
Four Saudi jet fighters were flying patrol near the Kuwaiti frontier last week when their radios crackled an alert. Peeling off, they intercepted a pair of Iraqi fighters heading toward gulf waters where British warships were operating. Captain Ayedh al-Shamrani swerved his U.S.-built F-15 behind the Mirage F-1s and shot both out of the sky. Returning to base in Dhahran, the Saudi pilot received a hero's welcome. Said the modest Shamrani...
...image. Britain's Royal Air Force squadrons scored something more, taking on extremely hazardous missions that in just over one week of war cost them eight crewmen and six of their 36 gulf-deployed Tornado fighter-bombers. French flyers, having arrived to a frosty welcome, soon won respect, and Kuwaiti pilots pulled their weight as well, putting invaluable knowledge of their country to use in bombing military targets there...