Originally posted by: HJD1
Since I'm sure they didn't die of natural causes I get this feeling in my stomach... like great dislike for that Saddam and his crew... I sure would like to have see a MOAB blow him and his to Allah... or We could have befriended him and led him to the light side... while his ego grew... and grew... and lots of stuff could have been handled alot easier... I think I remember a story about one of our diplomats in Iraq... giving Saddam assurances that we'd not interupt his Kuwaiti plans... a female diplomat... ? in late '90 or so...
HJD1. , sigh, why don't you do even a minimum of research before spreading an old canard such as that?
US Ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie
"In November 1992, Iraq's former deputy prime minister, Tarik Aziz, gave Glaspie some vindication. He said she had not given Iraq a green light. "She just listened and made general comments," he told USA Today. "We knew the United States would have a strong reaction"
Yes, the accounting of the 600 Kuwaitis that Iraq took from Kuwait in the first Gulf war was part of Resolution 1441.
"Deploring also that the Government of Iraq has failed to comply with its commitments pursuant to resolution 687 (1991) with regard to terrorism, pursuant to resolution 688 (1991) to end repression of its civilian population and to provide access by international humanitarian organizations to all those in need of assistance in Iraq, and pursuant to resolutions 686 (1991), 687 (1991), and 1284 (1999) to return or cooperate in accounting for Kuwaiti and third country nationals wrongfully detained by Iraq, or to return Kuwaiti property wrongfully seized by Iraq,
Recalling that in its resolution 687 (1991) the Council declared that a ceasefire would be based on acceptance by Iraq of the provisions of that resolution, including the obligations on Iraq contained therein,
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