[Colorado Doug]

Saddams "apology" is provocative in calling for the "people" of Kuwait to rise up and oust the "infidel" American troops and rebel against the Kuwait government. Looks like he just lost any Arab support he might have previously enjoyed. One would think that the incitement of war might constitute a "Material Breach"

[anobjectivist]

Awesome, now let's kill that guy all ready!

What's it going to take for the UN to say "Materials breah! Ok , US, take care of them because we don't want to!"

Is it going to be when Iraq invades Kuwait or somewhere else? Is it going to be when Iraq fianlly shoots an American jet down? Is it going to be when after ignoring mustard gas filled artillery shells they finally find a nuclear warhead (but oh wait thet's dual use for industry)?

[Mo1]

When I heard more about this letter .. it seemed to me more like a threat to attack Kuwait if they didn't back down and kick US Troops out ..

If I understand correctly Saddam said the reason he invaded Kuwait was because of the US build up on Kuwaiti soil before the invasion.

There was no US buildup of Troops in Kuwait before Saddam attacked them .. but there are US Troops now

[dighton]

What a frightfully stupid move by Saddam, who (like other dictators) has no one in his circle who'll dare say, "I don't think you should do this."

Kuwaitis urged to expel 'infidels'

Saddam apologizes for invasion of Kuwait

For example: "Comrade Stalin, perhaps shooting most of your generals is rather unwise."

[ppaul]

TO SADDAM (and his sympathizers/supporters/fellow travelers):

Here is the fate that awaits you. SURRENDER NOW!

Fellow Traveler on the Highway of Death

"Highway of Death," the road from Mutlaa, Kuwait, to Basra, Iraq. U.S. planes immobilized the convoy by disabling vehicles at its front and rear, then bombing and strafing the resulting traffic jam for hours. More than 2,000 vehicles and tens of thousands of charred and dismembered bodies littered the sixty miles of highway.

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[Dog Gone]

I haven't read the text of the letter, so I'm not sure why the Kuwaiti official is saying this.

But anything that firms up arab support for the US is certainly welcome.

[Libertina]

Oops, your speech not having the desired effect, Saddam? lol

[Colorado Doug]

We apologize to God for any deed which might have angered Him and ... we apologize to you as well on this basis,” he said in a speech read out on his behalf on state television by Information Minister Mohammad Said Al-Sahhaf.

“We regret all that happened to you as a result of the position you took” in the run-up to the invasion, Saddam told the Kuwaiti people, slamming their leaders for pushing down the price of oil from 21 to seven dollars a barrel by “drowning the oil market” at the time.

Referring to the presence of US troops, Saddam said Kuwait was under “direct foreign military occupation” and went on to hail “devout youth who carry arms against the occupier” — an apparent reference to Kuwaiti militants who recently attacked US forces in Kuwait. He urged the Kuwaiti people to join Iraq in resisting the occupation of foreign forces. Kuwaiti lawmakers and observers ridiculed Saddam’s speech to the Kuwaiti people saying it was provocative and threatened the emirate’s leaders.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Kuwait was treated a lot better by the infidel (the USA in 1990-1991) than they were by Saddam. America didn't rape, torture, and murder their people. America didn't adopt a scorched earth policy when leaving, which resulted in billions of dollars in theft, damaged infrastructure, and burning oil wells.

[Demidog]

The Kuwaitis are liars and don't seem to miss any opportunity to call for war.

[Republican Wildcat]

Kuwait seems to get it.