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...after talks between U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz broke down, foreign relations experts at Harvard agreed that war is all but inevitable...
Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz countered that discussion of the Israeli occupation is a precondition for peace in the Gulf. His strategy--"yes, absolutely, yes" to go to war with Israel in the case of U.S. attack--is designed to undermine Arab support for the international coalition. Even if Hussein loses the ensuing war, he will go down in history as a brave martyr for the Palestinian cause...
...letter comes as Secretary of State James A. Baker III is scheduled to meet with his Iraqi counterpart Tariq Aziz in Geneva today, a meeting which Bush described as a "chance, perhaps a final chance" to convince Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait...
...last month that he would release the hostages in installments from Christmas until late March as long as he was not attacked. His acceleration of the schedule was almost certainly intended to pressure Bush to produce something more than an ultimatum when the President meets with Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz in Washington. Numerous Congressmen last week urged the Administration to use this session and a subsequent meeting in Baghdad between Secretary of State James Baker and Saddam for genuine negotiations with Iraq. "Negotiations is not a bad word," said Senator Paul Simon. "Either you negotiate a diplomatic settlement...
Meanwhile, Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz led a delegation to Tehran and negotiated the reopening of full diplomatic relations after a break of 10 years. A day later, the Tehran Times reported that Iran might begin delivering food and medicine to Baghdad. Reports soon leaked that Iraq had arranged to ship 200,000 bbl. of oil a day to Iran, freeing Iranian oil for sale on the high-price spot market...