Word: sabah
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...introduction may seem heavy-handed at first, with stories of disrupted army families and unsuspecting hostages, but the rest of the book is not so sensationalized. The authors are quick to criticize American foriegn policy as hypocritical and as helping to perpetuate the crisis. They also criticize the Kuwaiti Sabah monarchy for mishandling Iraq and for creating a far less than democratic state...
...everything to lose in facing an army of one million troops, brought up on desert warfare and undeterred by eight years of devastating stalemate with Iran. Is it really worth thousands of American lives to restore Kuwait's less than palatable Sabah monarchy? To guarantee the flow of cheap oil, when we have known for years that we must develop alternative energy sources? To put a stop to one dictator's agression and atrocities, when we turn our backs on countless similar violations of human rights and international law? To appease the president's "impatience...
...view also rests on the legacy of colonialism. Under the Ottoman Turks, Kuwait was supposedly to be administered from the Iraqi city of Basra. In actuality, none of the Ottoman attempts to extend control over Kuwait suceeded. The de facto independence of the Kuwaiti people led by the Al-Sabah family could not be questioned. Thus, Saddam Hussein does not categorically oppose colonialism; rather, he utilizes that form of (Ottoman) imperialism which best serves his own meglomanical ends...
...armed forces, not by popular consent. The hereditary ruling clans of the gulf states are particularly vulnerable to charges that they preside over artificial entities with little more than their oil wealth to justify their existence. Few men in the street have mourned the demise of Kuwait's al-Sabah family, a clan noted for its extravagant life- style. Discontent over chronic corruption and inefficiency runs high. Shaky Arab regimes are worried that Saddam could mobilize religious and nationalistic passions, then turn that rage against them...
While an estimated 300 Iraqi tanks prowled the city, an additional 50 surrounded the Emir's palace and the nearby U.S. embassy. But the Emir, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah, and his family were able to flee to Saudi Arabia by helicopter. Though the invaders had quickly seized Kuwait's radio and television station, a hidden transmitter continued to broadcast exhortations to resist the raiding foreigners and pleas for help from other Arab states. "O Arabs, Kuwait's blood and honor are being violated. Rush to its rescue!" cried a voice thought to be the crown prince...