Word: oiled
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Thousands of U.S. troops continued to stream into the Persian Gulf region, despite surer signs of retreat by Saddam Hussein's forces. This morning, Saudi Arabia and five smaller oil nations -- Oman, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait itself -- began deploying much of their 19,000-man "Peninsula Shield" in Kuwait, enough to match the number of U.S. forces now on Kuwaiti soil. Meanwhile, the U.S. operation's Central Command tells TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompson that Iraq's forces are in close to full flight back north -- including what is believed to be the best of Saddam...
...Defense Secretary William Perry reportedly is headed to Kuwait. The United Nations Security Council, meanwhile, spent the day hashing out ideas to nudge Saddam Hussein's men back toward Baghdad, including declaring a wide off-limits zone in southern Iraq and pressing Saddam to sell $1.6 billion worth of oil and use the proceeds to feed the Iraqi people...
...Saudi Arabia waiting to be returned to his palace by American troops, was no more worthy or sympathetic a figure than Jean-Bertrand Aristide. But it did not matter much. America had more than altruistic reasons for going into Kuwait. Real, tangible, important things were at stake: oil, nuclear weapons, the future of the Middle East...
...effect on gas at the pump, eventhough crude oilprices climbed slightly higher. Indeed, gasoline prices in the U.S. continue tocome down from their summer highs, according to a nationwide survey. During thepast two weeks, the average price of gas fell a penny, to about $1.21 a gallon.With world oil reserves plentiful -- and barring a major conflagration in thePersian Gulf -- analysts don't expect U.S. consumers to experience pump shockany time soon...
...definitely sorry for the hassle, and for any damage done," Nieman said. He will preserve the oil-stained t-shirt he was wearing at the time, he said...