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...Reagan worked. He knew the military thrust should follow the diplomatic. He knew that to be effective, the lineup against Saddam had to be perceived as more than just the rich West against a poor ( Arab." Within days, worldwide economic sanctions were in place: a boycott of Iraqi and Kuwaiti oil and a freezing of those nations' assets...
Such a plan is more easily proposed than accomplished. The U.S. last week suggested a tight naval blockade of Iraqi and Kuwaiti ports, but it has yet to find many takers among its allies. Halting the oil in the pipelines would mean persuading Turkey and Saudi Arabia to shut off the tap, or turn a blind eye while the U.S. blew up the lines. Both countries are vulnerable to Iraqi reprisals, especially Saudi Arabia...
...bring its troops home beginning five days after the invasion, a subsequent announcement made nonsense of that pledge. Baghdad said it was raising a new army for Kuwait in which -- surprise -- 100,000 Iraqis had volunteered to serve. What's more, Baghdad named a new government, composed of nine Kuwaiti army officers, that would clearly be a puppet regime. For all practical purposes, Iraq has annexed its southern neighbor...
Though help never came, Kuwaiti troops put up small pockets of resistance. At the palace, the country's symbolic heart, the Kuwaitis held their own through a two-hour artillery barrage. During the battle, the Emir's younger brother Fahd was killed. The Iraqi force assigned to secure the oil rigs off Kuwait's shores saw the most action. Kuwaiti troops and missile boats managed to sink and burn an unknown number of Iraqi landing craft and escort ships. By early afternoon, however, nearly all Kuwait's guns had been silenced. In all, it is estimated that 200 Kuwaitis were...
...gouging at the pumps, experts agree that Shock No. 3 is not imminent -- unless there is further military action in the gulf. The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait should not have an appreciable impact on the world's oil supply. While there was some temporary disruption of the loading of Kuwaiti tankers last week, oil continued to flow out of the region. More important, world supply far exceeds demand...