From: aaldoubo@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Anisa Alnoor Aldoubosh)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.mideast
Subject: Re: How Much Did The U.S. Get?
Date: 14 Sep 92 19:07:07 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado at Denver

In article <BuD86n.9IF.2@cs.cmu.edu> anwar+@cs.cmu.edu (Anwar Mohammed) writes:
>
>Let's see, I've posted this all before. Anisa insists on ignoring the 
>facts to back up her fantasies (not only does she ignore the facts, but
>fails to provide any to back up her fantastic claims).

I never ignore facts - you do which is the reason why you have not
answered all of my questions concerning Kuwait just a few short
weeks ago.  You wouldn't know any of my *fantasies* - and my claims
are not even short of what any newspaper or magazine article would
say.  Let me ask you to deny this:

July, 1990 / "Iraq accuses tiny Kuwait of stealing oil" A.P.:

	"Iraq warned fellow OPEC members yesterday it viewed
	violations of the cartel's production quotas as virtual
	acts of war, and accused tiny Kuwait of stealing its oil
	for the past decade." ... "Kuwait, which was one of Iraq's
	staunchest allies in that war, called an emergency legislative
	session to discuss the Iraqi accusations, and quickly began
	a diplomatic offensive to counter them.  Iraq and Kuwait have
	long disagreed over their border." ... "Iraq's foreign minister
	renewed Iraqi accusations of over-production by Kuwait and the
	United Arab Emirates and said such actions were tantamount to
	'military aggression against Iraq'."  ...  "On Tuesday, Saddam
	threatened to retaliate against Kuwait and the UAE with force
	if necessary for quota violations.  Iraq has a 1 million man
	army.  Kuwait, with a population of only 1.7 million, has an
	armed forces strength of 20,300."

July 25, 1990 / "Iraq masses soldiers on border with Kuwait" A.P.:

	"Iraq accused neighboring Kuwait yesterday of conspiring to
	harm its economy of conspiring to harm its economy and massed
	tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks on the
	border.  Informed sources in Kuwait said the Iraqi troop
	buildup had increased over the last 48 hours to at least 30,000,
	and that more than 200 Soviet-made tanks were posted along Iraq's
	100-mile-long southern border with Kuwait.  The area of the troop
	buildup is rich in oil reserves, and has been a source of
	contention since Kuwait gained its independence from Britain in
	1961.  The border demarcation has never been agreed on by Iraq,
	and a portion of it crosses the Rumaila oil field.  The same
	sources said Kuwait yesterday reinstated its state of alert,
	declared July 16 and canceled after three days of tension between
	the two oil-producing countries."  ... "The U.S. Defense Department,
	meanwhile, announced that U.S. Navy warships and aircraft were
	holding a 'short-notice exercise' in the Persian Gulf with the
	United Arab Emirates, about 600 miles south of the Kuwait-Iraq
	dispute.  The United States has at least seven warships in the
	Gulf at any given moment.  The State Department announced at the
	beginning of the crisis that it backs Kuwait's territorial
	integrity."  ... "In Washington, U.S. State Department spokeswoman
	Margaret Tutwiler said both Iraq and Kuwait had strengthened their
	armed forces.  'Iraq and others know there is no place for coercion
	in a civilized world,' she said.  'All disputes should be handled
	through peaceful means'."  ...  "Many observers said they believe
	Saddam, who has spent an estimated $50 billion on sophisticated
	arms since coming to power in 1979, is engaging in saber-rattling
	to back his demands for lower oil production and higher prices."

July, 1990 / "Kuwait calls end to state of alert in Iraqi dispute" A.P.:

	"Kuwait has canceled a state of alert it declared in an oil
	dispute with Iraq, a Kuwaiti source said.  The source, speaking
	on condition of anonymity, claimed the crisis appears to have
	passed.  However, officials in Baghdad reported that thousands
	of Kuwaitis visiting Iraq were heading home.  And Iraqi dailies
	continued to accuse Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates of
	'upsurping Iraq's rights.'"  ...  "Kuwait had appealed to other
	Arab states for support in the dispute with its more powerful
	neighbor."  ...  "The developments underscored simmering tensions
	in the Persian Gulf.  The region includes about two-thirds of
	the world's proven oil reserves, so instability can pose a threat
	to the world's oil supply."


And what happened in the next few weeks before the invasion?
Was it planned?  Are we to really believe that Iraq's long-time
financial supporter was not aware of Saddam's ruthlessness?  Could
just call this a fluke?  That the U.S. Naval warships just turned
their back on a possible situation?  That there was not money or
power to the United States' interests in the Middle East at the
expense of another nation?

Anwar, save your books that only support your personal feelings
and ignore the possible truth about the whole situation just to
make yourself feel better.

And before you start spouting off what *you* perceive as the truth,
and calling people naive and accusing them of 'fantasizing', you'd
better check unbiased facts first.

Anisa

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