From MATHRICH%UMCVMB.bitnet@DARTCMS1.DARTMOUTH.EDU Tue Feb 5 02:47:53 1991 Received: from dartvax.dartmouth.edu by cabot.dartmouth.edu (5.61a+YP/4.1) id AA15076; Tue, 5 Feb 91 02:47:50 -0500 Received: from d0.dartmouth.edu by dartvax.dartmouth.edu (5.65+D1/4.4HUB) id AA14103; Tue, 5 Feb 91 02:48:22 -0500 Received: by D0.DARTMOUTH.EDU id <77469>; 5 Feb 91 02:48:43 Return-Path: <@DARTCMS1.DARTMOUTH.EDU:ACTIV-L@UMCVMB.BITNET> Received: by mac.Dartmouth.EDU via SMTP; id <3082041>; 05 Feb 91 02:48:39 Received: from dartcms1.dartmouth.edu by dartvax.dartmouth.edu (5.65+D1/4.4HUB) id AA13376; Tue, 5 Feb 91 01:42:29 -0500 Message-Id: <9102050642.AA13376@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Received: from DARTCMS1.DARTMOUTH.EDU by DARTCMS1.DARTMOUTH.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R1) with BSMTP id 4572; Tue, 05 Feb 91 01:41:23 EST Received: from BUACCA.BU.EDU by DARTCMS1.DARTMOUTH.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 4570; Tue, 05 Feb 91 01:41:21 EST Received: from BUACCA.BITNET by BUACCA.BU.EDU (Mailer R2.05) with BSMTP id 7218; Tue, 05 Feb 91 01:42:08 EST Date: Tue, 5 Feb 91 00:25:12 CST Reply-To: Rich Winkel UMC Math Department Sender: Activists Mailing List From: Rich Winkel UMC Math Department Subject: more on bush's sting: the kuwait angle To: Multiple recipients of list ACTIV-L Status: RO /** mideast.gulf: 114.0 **/ ** Topic: Notes on CIA role in Gulf ** ** Written 5:32 pm Feb 4, 1991 by web:kirk in cdp:mideast.gulf ** The following was taken from The Suncoast News, for information purposes only. Charley Reese Ask the CIA why we are in Saudi Arabia A chronology of recent events in the Persian Gulf will help You understand why President George Bush's crazy crusade is an outright fraud which is endangering human lives for, basically, private gain. A memo from Brigadier Ahmad AI Fahd, head of Kuwait Security, to the Emir which describes results of a meeting between the Kuwaiti Security chief and CIA Director William Webster in November 1989 says the following in one paragraph: We agreed with the American side that it was important to take advantage of the deteriorating economic situation in Iraq in order to put pressure on that country's government to delineate our common border. The Central Intelligence Agency gave us its view of appropriate means of pressure, saying-that broad cooperation should be initiated between us....' The Iraqi Embassy released the memo which it says it captured in Kuwait. If the Bush administration has any proof that it isn't genuine, they haven't produced it. As you will see, subsequent behaviour by Kuwait is consistent with an agreement with the CIA to destabilize Iaq. The reference to the border is significant because while Iraq had been occupied with the war with Iran the Kuwaitis had advanced the border farther north and begun to take Iraqi oil. In February 1990, Saddaun Hussein in a public speech warned Arab countries that the U.S. may seek to control the level of oil and gas production for each country in the Persian Gulf region. After that speech, the Iraqis claim there was an increase in propaganda directed at them. At the time of the speech, in February, oil was between $18 and $21 a barrel. Then Kuwait demanded a large increase in its OPEC production quota and began without approval to flood the market, driving the price down to $11 a barrel. Iraq, trying to recover from an eight-year war, was seriously injured economically. Iraqi diplomats tried to dissuade the Kuwaitis from pursuing this policy. In May 1990, at the Arab Summit Conference, Hussein warned publicly that Kuwait's actions amounted to waging war against Iraq. Kuwait persisted and in June, Iraq asked for special talks but was put off until July 1990 when Kuwait pretended to agree to abide by OPEC quotas. But as soon as the meeting ended, Kuwait again indicated it intended to increase its production, thus sabotaging Iraq. Contrary to the Bush claim that Iraq was planning an invasion of Saudi Arabia, Iraq agreed to a small summit, set up by Jordan's King Hussein, for Aug. 5 or 6 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Instead, however, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney arrived on Aug. 6 -- a visit obviously scheduled in advance, which explains why the summit was canceled by the Saudis. The Saudis then invited in U.S. forces, which obviously were already on the way before the public announcement. Who authorized the CIA to cooperate with Kuwait to destabilize Iraq? I don't recall any congressional debate on this subject. When did the American people decide to overthrow the government of Iraq? I don't recall any public debate on that issue either. So here's 200,000 Americans in the Saudi Arabian desert: because another stupid, covert CIA scheme to overthrow someone else's government to protect private corporate interests is about to blow up in our faces. The Suncoast News is published by Sunbelt Publications, 6214 U.S. 19, New Port Richey, Florida 34652. Phone 849-7500. In Hernando (904) 683-5445, in Clearwater 785-2561. @Sunbelt Publications, 1989 ** End of text from cdp:mideast.gulf ** -- Transfer complete, hit to continue --