Word: saudi
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Even if Iraq were to annex Saudi Arabia, a dubious prospect at best, Hussein certainly would not ruin the world economy. Oil sales are a way of getting hard currency, which is what Saddam Hussein wants (to finance Iraq's debt). He certainly wants to sell oil, and excessive oil prices would force petroleum importers to tap other sources of energy, ruining the Iraqi oil economy...
...them imagine a strengthened Saddam Hussein, who could justifiably claim victory for standing up to the United States, with control over 40 percent of the world's oil resources and immediate access to even more. Let them imagine Saddam Hussein as undisputed leader of the Arab world, to whom Saudi Arabia, the Arab emirates, Jordan and Syria are mere subject states...
...mile run. The idea was that before being certified for combat coverage, a journalist would have to demonstrate that he or she would not slow down troops. The test, never before attempted in any U.S. conflict, prompted much eyeball rolling and jollity in newsrooms across the nation. But in Saudi Arabia, where zealous military officers put the proposal into practice, most correspondents passed and nearly all said the rule had practical value in a battle zone with blazing sun and few trees or buildings for cover. Los Angeles Times correspondent David Lamb, 50, who also reported from Vietnam between...
News coverage outside the pool arrangement, a common practice in past conflicts, is essentially impossible in the gulf, and the Pentagon proposes that pool members have military escorts "at all times." These pools inevitably will be controlled to some extent by field commanders in Saudi Arabia, where, according to Newsday Washington bureau chief Gaylord Shaw, two reporters have been threatened with exclusion because they asked "rude" questions. Such a ban would violate Pentagon rules, but getting a reversal might require time-consuming appeals back...
...large is the military-aircraft presence in Saudi Arabia? One indication: the Pentagon was forced to turn down a Dutch offer to send a squadron of F-16s to the area because there is no space left on any air base for the planes...