Word: kuwaiti
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...Ambassador Andrew Young; Kuwait that refused the nomination of an American ambassador because he had previously served as consul in Jerusalem; Kuwait that broke diplomatic relations with West Germany in 1965, when Bonn recognized Israel; Kuwait that dutifully deducted a tithe from the salaries of Palestinians working for the Kuwaiti government for remittance to the P.L.O.; and Kuwait that coughed up millions whenever Yasser Arafat cried bankruptcy -- at least $60 million over the past six years alone...
...deny that some Palestinians have looted and done despicable things in Kuwait, but most of us are against what Saddam did. That won't matter, of course. We will be punished for the stupidity of our chief of state -- and Arafat will continue his life as a celebrity. The Kuwaitis will say that they will look at each of our cases one by one" -- which indeed is what the Kuwaiti leadership says -- "but in the end I am sure that almost all of us will be kicked...
Booting the Palestinians will be painful, which is where foreign policy comes in. Many Kuwaitis expect -- and would welcome -- an indefinite U.S. troop presence on their soil. "Reflagging" the effort by adding Arab troops could make the action more palatable, but "it is the Americans we need," says a Kuwaiti official, "more for pretext than for security. Do you think the U.S. will want a potential Palestinian terrorist threat close to its troops? We don't." There were more than 300,000 Palestinians in Kuwait before Aug. 2. "If there are 100,000 left a year from...
...greater importance than anything Basa and a score of others smuggled into Kuwait was the wealth of data they smuggled out. Within a day of the Iraqi invasion on Aug. 2, the Kuwaiti government, already operating in Saudi Arabia, had compiled an intriguing shopping list -- computerized information desperately needed for the country's business to continue despite the nation's physical occupation. "We are not called Kuwait Inc. for nothing," says Basa, who ran a small construction company before August and is now living with his family in Cairo. "Before we are a nation, we are a business. The nationality...
...Future Generations, as it is called, is a model of enlightened policy and smart politics. "Other rulers in other places have kept the money for themselves and their friends, doling out just enough to keep their populations contained during their reigns," says Jasem Mohammed al-Hussein, a wealthy Kuwaiti businessman. "Our rulers, the Sabahs, have earned our loyalty by providing for our grandchildren. That foresight, I am sure, is one of the reasons why Saddam has failed to find a Kuwaiti quisling to govern Kuwait in his name...