Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brown, orange, yellow leaves of autumn fall from trees across America and the holiday season draws near, President Bush will be spending Thanksgiving this year with American troops stationed in the sands of Saudi Arabia. The White House declined comment on the exact location of President and Mrs. Bush's Thanksgiving meal. A spokesperson for the president said she was "not at liberty to disclose" the contents of the presidential plate. One can only speculate: yams...
...messages will get crossed. Some allies may conclude from the buildup that the U.S. is hell-bent for war. Or Saddam may read the need for the U.S. to hold off for a while in order to bring the allies along as a sign of weakness. The G.I.s in Saudi Arabia would rather fight now, get it over with and go home than continue to wait in an inhospitable desert. If discontent with Bush's policy ever becomes rife inside the U.S., it could begin with these troops and spread to civilians impatient with the game of feints and threats...
...world's encirclement of Saddam Hussein is intended to throttle his economy and force his army out of Kuwait, but the price is heavy for the alliance arrayed against him. Mustering its defensive force in Saudi Arabia in August and September cost the U.S. $2.5 billion. The Pentagon's estimate for the continuing buildup to an offensive force had been $15 billion in fiscal 1991; the escalation announced last week will clearly boost that bill. If a shooting war begins, some Washington analysts speculate costs could rise to $1 billion...
...surprisingly, the biggest contributors are Saudi Arabia at $8 billion, which includes transportation, water and fuel for the troops poised there, and Kuwait at $4 billion. Under pressure from the U.S., Japan doubled its pledge to $4 billion, while Germany and the European Community have each provided $2 billion. In Rome last week, the 24-nation Gulf Crisis Financial Coordination Group agreed to provide $13 billion in aid to nations that have suffered the worst financial damage from trade sanctions on Iraq...
...what, exactly, has the U.S. committed itself in Saudi Arabia? In an Aug. 9 letter informing Congress of his decision to deploy troops in Saudi Arabia, President Bush referred to "requests" from King Fahd and Kuwait; some three months later, the Administration is still not telling anyone, including the Senate or the House, the nature of the U.S. response. This refusal risks violating the Case-Zablocki Act of 1972, which requires the Secretary of State to submit to Congress within 60 days the substance of all international accords, written or oral. A year ago, failure to do so would have...