Claim: Walid Saud Abdullah, placed in charge of national defense, stated that countries that resort to punitive measures against the provisional free Kuwait government, should remember that they have interests and nationals in Kuwait, and that if these countries insist on aggression against Kuwait and Iraq, the Kuwaiti government will then reconsider the method of dealing with these countries.
Evidence: Walid Saud Abdullah, placed in charge of foreign affairs, achieved some notoriety for the provisional regime when, on 5 August, he stated that "countries that resort to punitive measures against the provisional free Kuwait government... should remember that they have interests and nationals in Kuwait....