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...explosions tore through the Saudi Arabian National Guard building early this morning in Riyadh, killing six people, five of them American workers. U.S. Ambassador Ray Mabus confirmed that an explosive device had been found. The blast wounded at least 60 people, including 34 Americans. The attack targeted a building where retired and active U.S. military personnel advise and train the Saudi National Guard, an organization whose chief purposes are to protect the Saudi monarchy and maintain domestic order. Two groups have claimed responsibility. One, a previously unknown organization calling itself the Tigers of the Gulf, said it wants to drive...
...that would eventually total 541,000. During the course of the next few months, Powell would make thousands of decisions, ranging from helping to pick a name for the defensive part of the operation (Peninsula Shield and Crescent Shield were rejected in favor of Desert Shield) to getting around Riyadh's insistence that religious services for Jewish soldiers could not be held on Saudi soil (choppers picked up Jewish soldiers and brought them to ships stationed in the gulf to worship...
...Schwarzkopf, under pressure, was an active volcano. I occasionally found myself in transoceanic shouting matches with him that were full of barracks profanity. The cussing meant nothing; blowing up acted as a safety valve for his frustrations. Cheney occasionally required my reassurance that we had the right man in Riyadh; at one point, he said, "This is for all the marbles, you know. The presidency is riding on this one. Are you absolutely confident about Schwarzkopf?" I told him that my faith in Norm was total...
...That's something to consider," I replied. "But I need to talk to Norm first." I excused myself and went into the President's study just off the Oval Office. I picked up a secure phone, and the White House military operator put me through to Riyadh...
...announcement President Bush would make to the American people that night. Shortly after 6 p.m., I got on the phone again with Schwarzkopf. I told him the President would speak at 9 our time to announce that the fighting would stop at 8 a.m. the following morning Riyadh time. That would give Norm almost the one more day he had asked for in our conversation earlier in the morning...