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...Iraqi strongman was not the leader of an Arab-Muslim holy war against the infidel. That was the symbolism, a display of teamwork that skeptics thought would work only in an internationalist's fantasy. In practice, however, the alliance moved as a smoothly coordinated machine during the stunningly triumphant 100-hour ground war. While U.S. forces were the backbone of the operation, its success relied on the nerve and muscle of a variety of nationalities. Lieut. General Peter de la Billiere, commander of British forces, called the alliance's grand-slam performance "one of the greatest victories that...
...game quarterfinal round proved triumphant for Harvard and Ciavaglia. The Kirkland senior tallied one goal and three assists, while Juneau only managed one assist for the weekend...
...must avoid antagonizing the tens of millions of Muslims in the U.S.S.R.'s Central Asian and Transcaucasian republics, and they tend to sympathize with Saddam. Still more to the point, in strict power terms, a Middle East outcome that froze Soviet influence out of the region and left a triumphant U.S. as the dominant power in that strategic crossroads so close to the U.S.S.R.'s southern borders would make any Kremlin regime nervous...
Egyptian resentment of Saddam runs deep. During Iraq's eight-year war with Iran, 1.5 million Egyptians worked in Iraq, sending back to their country an estimated $1 billion a year. Peace came in 1988, and a triumphant but broke Iraq froze the wages of foreign workers and forbade funds to be sent out of the country. Thousands of Egyptians suddenly began facing job competition from demobilized soldiers. Many were ill-treated by Iraqis, some getting impressed into the Iraqi army, others enduring beatings, robbings and even murder. For ) several months last year the Egyptian press reported almost daily...
...exiles believe that Palestinians living in the emirate collaborated with the Iraqi army and revealed information about important Kuwaitis to the invading forces. Pentagon officials prefer to place Saudi troops, instead, in the vanguard of any assault. Once the area is stabilized, the exiles will be allowed a triumphant march into Kuwait City...