Word: saudi
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With his brief romp through the desert, the imperious Iraqi President doubled the oil under his control to some 20% of the world's known reserves; only Saudi Arabia, with 25%, has more. He strengthened his claim to the position he has long coveted: overlord of the Arab world. And he made the entire world quake, weak-kneed, at his raw power. Not since the brilliant military leader Nebuchadnezzar ruled the Babylonian Empire more than two millenniums ago had Baghdad exercised such sway...
...even with an American security umbrella, the Saudis would find it difficult to go all out against Iraq. The underpopulated kingdom would be risking attack by Saddam, from bombs, rockets and poison-gas-filled missiles to invasion. More than that, the Saudis would be rejecting attempts at an "Arab solution" and accepting the high-profile alliance with the U.S. they have always tried to avoid. Saudi diplomats said privately last week that such an alliance was dangerous for them because of America's links with Israel...
That caution did not stifle the warnings from Washington that an attack on Saudi Arabia would trigger a wider war. Such a move by Iraq, said Speaker of the House Thomas Foley, "would call for a direct military response by the United States...
...when Hitler began to gobble up Europe in pieces small enough not to provoke a military response by the other powers of the day. It did not take long before fears + grew that Iraq, having devoured Kuwait, would turn next to other appetizing and vulnerable gulf nations -- most notably Saudi Arabia, the richest of them all. The extent to which the NATO countries, the Soviet Union and the threatened Arab states move to thwart Saddam will determine whether they have learned the lesson of history or are doomed to repeat...
...token of friendship with Iraq -- to link the two countries, the troops made the 37 miles to the capital, Kuwait City, in just four hours. "It was chaos in the streets," said Stephanie McGehee, a photographer who witnessed the attack. Panicked residents tried to flee south toward Saudi Arabia, but the Iraqis forced people out of their autos and angrily ripped out car phones -- no rarity in a country with so many wealthy citizens -- presumably because they could be used to communicate troop positions...