[MeekOneGOP]

Kuwait breaks ranks on Saddam

Excerpt:

Saudi Arabia, which America used as a base during the 1991 Gulf War to drive Iraqi invaders from Kuwait, has so far refused to open its territory to American forces for a new war against Baghdad.

A Kuwaiti government official said: "If America asks for support Kuwait will give it. I expect the same response from all Gulf states. There may be the need publicly to be anti-war, but under-the-table deals are being struck."

Twelve years after the Iraqis invaded, Kuwait again looks like a prosperous Gulf emirate, but the trauma caused by the seven-month occupation remains, and with it the growing sense that the only way to achieve regional stability is through military action to remove the Saddam regime.

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See article at #28 also folks!

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[WaterDragon]

ON!

[JohnHuang2]

This is huge ... a green light for other moderate Arab states in the region to back the U.S.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[xJones]

Twelve years after the Iraqis invaded, Kuwait again looks like a prosperous Gulf emirate,

I was wondering about that. P.J. O'Rourke, in his book "Give War a Chance", writes about being in Kuwait City the night after it was liberated. He interviewed many Kuwaitis, and all had some horror story to tell about what happened to a relative. The Iraqis liked torture, they'd use electric drills, hot irons, battery clips attatched to genitals, etc. They looted, raped, you name it. The Kuwaitis were not amused and they were very pro-American when they were rescued.