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...Senate Intelligence Committee member Evan Bayh, D-Ind., believes one reason Saddam has sought chemical and biological weapons may be to blackmail the US into standing down if he invades Kuwait, Saudi Arabia or other neighbors. "To smuggle a few vials of anthrax or some other sinister agent like that into our country is far easier than a nuclear weapon," says Bayh. Saddam could then threaten: "You want to stop my action here? Fine. But you should know what I have in Los Angeles, you should know what we have in Chicago, or fill in the blank." Or, Secretary...
...AMIN Uganda The man who ruled for eight murderous years now luxuriates in Saudi Arabia's Jedda, where he enjoys swimming, boxing and practicing the accordion...
January 1980 The CIA begins supplying money and weapons to Afghan mujahedin fighting the Soviets, using Pakistani intelligence as a conduit. The U.S. also urges Saudi Arabia to donate money and volunteers...
...Saudi Arabia has banned the phones altogether, but thus far, Asian nations are leaving damage control to the private sector. In Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore the gadgets have been forbidden in some health-club locker rooms...
...SAUDI ARABIA Riyadh fears that a war would anger citizens because of the royal family's close ties to the U.S. As first reported on time.com the Saudis are encouraging a coup against Saddam. If war comes, they may still refuse to permit the launch of U.S. ground troops or Air Force combat missions from their soil, though both were permitted in 1991. But the Saudis are likely to allow U.S. command and control functions, special-operations missions and refueling...