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...spring of 1990 Saddam had become more bellicose. He threatened to incinerate half of Israel if attacked. He moved Scud missiles to the border with Jordan, within striking range of Israel. He railed against the long- established U.S. naval presence in the gulf. He had an Iranian-born British journalist executed as a spy. He attempted to smuggle in triggering devices used in nuclear weapons...
...example, Shilts described a 1988 Naval Investigation Services (NIS) "witchhunt" against lesbians at a Marine Corps facility...
...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...
...armored combat vehicles, but the Soviets counted only 28,000. The Soviets say they have only 13,000 pieces of artillery in the area; the U.S. says 52,000. Negotiators complain that the Soviets also plan to transfer 20,000 men and 4,000 weapons to the naval infantry, which is not covered by the pact...
...days after his troops overran Kuwait -- but this time with even more conditions for an Iraqi pullout from the ravaged emirate. Iraq demanded not just an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza but also the removal of all allied troops from the Persian Gulf, including naval forces that have been on patrol there for decades. Plus forgiveness of all Iraqi debts. Plus reparations for the destruction caused by allied bombing. Plus...