Word: saudi
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Last week the commanders of both Egyptian and Syrian forces in Saudi Arabia declared that they would not take part in any counterinvasion of Kuwait. In Kuwait, as in Korea (our most recent exercise in collective security), if war comes it is America that will carry the fight. When the Iraqis complain that the anti-Iraq coalition, the U.N. front, the whole multi-lateral apparatus, is little more than a cover for an assertion of American power, they exaggerate only slightly...
...Iranian leadership's unease over the U.S. military presence in Saudi Arabia is not assuaged by the heritage of Operation Desert Shield's commander, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. The general's father, also named H. Norman, won fame for investigating the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, but some Iranians remember him for another accomplishment: the elder Schwarzkopf, with bags of cash and the blessings of CIA Director Allen Dulles, helped organize the 1953 coup against Prime Minister Mossadegh that led to the ascendancy of the Shah...
...gulf crisis at the request of the Bush Administration, which had persuaded Jerusalem that its silence was essential to keeping most of the Arab world united against Saddam. The tragedy on the Temple Mount, one of the most sacred sites in Islam, put Israel under diplomatic siege. Saudi Arabia decried the "brutal and savage attack," and Jordan denounced it as "racist and criminal." Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused Israel of "brutal repression," while Syria . alleged that Israel actually orchestrated the clashes to force Arabs out of the occupied territories...
Despite bold and concerted action of the U.N. Security Council, a remarkable demonstration of leadership by the U.S. in marshaling forces to defend Saudi Arabia, world condemnation and economic sanctions, there are no indications that Saddam Hussein is considering a withdrawal from Kuwait or the return of the Emir's family. With oil-price increases disturbing the world economy and with patience wearing thin, the world will inevitably turn to other issues, making it difficult to increase or even sustain the present level of economic pressure. If Saddam does not yield, the forced ejection of Iraqi troops by military action...
...service to the U.N. resolutions, giving overt backing to Iraq. Iran is, at best, equivocal. Saddam tries to build on this support with appeals based on brotherhood, religion and the Palestinian cause. It is interesting to note that he has never criticized his Syrian brothers for sending forces to Saudi Arabia, nor has he built up troops along their common border. Most Muslim believers are uncomfortable with Western troops in their holy lands. Iraq's propagandists also remind poor Arabs, both individuals and nations, that oil-rich royal families have invested almost a trillion dollars in the Western world. They...