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...other cities he had passed through—Kuwait City, Amman—had become thriving modern metropolises adorned with Starbucks and new buildings...
...first four-star officer to lose his job for verbal missteps. General Michael Duggan was fired as Air Force chief of staff by then-defense secretary Dick Cheney in 1990 for telling reporters traveling with him about Air Force attack options to help drive Iraq out of Kuwait following Saddam Hussein's invasion of that country earlier that year. In 1995, Admiral Richard Macke, then the head of Pacific Command, was ousted after telling reporters over breakfast that sailors and Marines who beat and raped a 12-year-old Japanese girl should have hired a prostitute instead of paying...
...reportedly assisted militant groups in the Palestinian territories and in Iraq, ensuring that the impact of his death reverberates far beyond Lebanon's borders. Last week, the Kuwaiti embassy in Beirut was evacuated following an anonymous telephone threat to rocket the building. The threat came amid an uproar in Kuwait when Shi'ite lawmakers held a rally to mourn Mughniyah's death, drawing anger and a lawsuit from Sunni legislators. The Kuwaiti authorities blame Mughniyah for a series of attacks in the Gulf state in the 1980s. Kuwait has now joined Saudi Arabia in issuing Lebanon travel advisories...
...went back centuries - not decades," Dr. Hakki says of his first impressions. Now the president of the Iraqi Red Crescent Organization, the country's largest aid group, he bemoans the lack of humanitarian assistance in Iraq. "I used to treat patients from Iran, from Saudi Arabia and from Kuwait - but now we send our patients [there]. It's ironic. It's a lot worse than when I left...
...pressure for anybody playing at No. 1 comes from the knowledge that you’re going to be competing against the best players in the country,” Suchde writes in an e-mail from Kuwait, where he is participating in a tournament. “But, even as a freshman, Colin dealt with pressure much better than many upperclassmen on the team. I’m sure this year will be no different...