Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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EACH night the television relays messages home from U.S. defense personel in Saudi Arabia. Their faces are shyly grinning, or blushing with embarassment as they talk to the camera. They are fearless--or courageous despite their fear. Perhaps most impressive is that these U.S. service men and women are exactly...
...allied military buildup in the gulf will be complete, the Administration will assess whether the economic sanctions are pushing Iraq toward capitulation. Judging from Baghdad's behavior last week, the answer may be no. For the first time, the bellicose ; state threatened to launch a first strike against Saudi Arabia and Israel should the sanctions begin to "strangle" Iraqis...
...terrorist attack would be one way for him to lash out. According to U.S. intelligence officials, suspected terrorists have been seen casing U.S. and Saudi facilities in various places around the world. Two weeks ago, Riyadh expelled an undisclosed number of Iraqi, Jordanian and Yemeni diplomats for allegedly spying on foreign forces and passing the information on to Baghdad and terrorist groups. To tighten security, the U.S. military has moved some of its troops from hotels to more remote quarters. Security around Saudi oil fields and refineries has also been stepped...
Without the luxury of a further provocation from Iraq -- an invasion of Saudi Arabia, the killing of Western hostages or some other horror -- it may fall to the Kuwaiti Emir to request that the United Nations act militarily. The collective-security provisions embodied in the U.N. Charter's Article 51 could provide the legal fig leaf for an internationally sanctioned war against Iraq while preserving at least some element of tactical surprise...
Assuming a "go," the war will be fought massively, but conventionally -- unless Saddam launches a chemical attack and threatens Saudi Arabia's survival. "If our calculations prove wrong and half of Riyadh is destroyed," says an Arab official privy to the war gaming now under way, "then I wouldn't be surprised if tactical nuclear weapons were used, and I don't think many would resist their...