Word: tehran
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Americans originally wore yellow ribbons to show their support for loved ones fighting abroad, and during the 1980 Iranian hostage crisis, Americans wore yellow ribbons to show support for diplomats held captive in Tehran. Now, says Thomas A. Aleman '93, a founder of the Coalition, students an wear the ribbons to show they support the troops even if they oppose...
...shift in the mood seems to have begun several weeks ago, when Baghdad announced a treaty agreement with Iran and gave back to its mortal enemy the few spoils of its war in hopes that Tehran would join the struggle against the U.S. "The people do not understand how Saddam could do that," says a Baghdad shopkeeper...
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...
...forces to the gulf has been less than flawless. But it will be completed shortly, and a decision to wage war will probably follow. Most if not all of the serious diplomacy of recent weeks has concerned preparedness, not peace. And the latest from the mullahs in Tehran supports the view that the economic embargo, if it could ever squeeze Saddam sufficiently to cause his unilateral withdrawal from Kuwait, would take well over a year to do so -- a period too long to sustain the support of the world's anti-Iraq coalition...
Meanwhile, Tehran declares a jihad against the U.S., the Iraqis molest Western embassies in Kuwait, and the global coalition against Iraq stiffens. -- If sanctions fail, can the U.S. cripple Saddam for good with a quick strike? -- Lifting the veil on Saudi Arabia, America's secretive ally that is suddenly exposed to winds of change. -- King Fahd, the man who rules the House of Saud...