Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clinton can't persuade the Security Council to back the idea of military action, he may have to go it almost alone, with just a few allies--Britain, Kuwait, perhaps Saudi Arabia and Turkey--by his side. Aides say the President is comfortable with the idea. "He has understood for some time that we have to do the hard work of boxing [Saddam] in," says spokesman Mike McCurry. "He is clearly prepared...
...fractious, anti-American climate that has emboldened Saddam need look no further than Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's lonely visit to the Middle Eastern economic summit held last weekend in Doha, Qatar. Despite U.S. pressure on Arab states to attend, America's closest Arab allies--Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Morocco--all refused to show up. So embittered was the atmosphere that in the end Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy declined to attend...
...making their first combat appearance) and F-15 and F-16 fighters. Marine General Anthony Zinni, the U.S. Central Commander (Norman Schwarzkopf's job during Desert Storm in 1991), spent much of last week in the Gulf region, starting the process of securing bases for the U.S. firepower. Since Saudi Arabia has the best airport facilities, a delicate dance has begun between American and Saudi officials: State and Defense department officials have been in contact with their Saudi counterparts, stressing the danger a re-emergent Saddam would pose to their country. Over the weekend, Albright scheduled visits to Saudi Arabia...
...only question now is whether Madeleine Albright's whistle-stop weekend tour of surrounding Gulf states ? Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia ? has drummed up any support for U.S. action to punish Iraq. Without it, Saddam will turn an air-strike into the greatest pro-Iraq propaganda...
...spenders? Saudi Arabia easily tops the list with $9 billion in purchases. Egypt and the east Asian nations don't even come close. The big exporters? It's the usual suspects: Britain, France, China, Russia and the good old US of A - who also just happen to be the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. Strange, that...