On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 18:44:28 -0500, maru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You've a good point there. I think Hussein has been widely under-rated; > I've been hearing things about > how he made preparations to aid the insurgency while the US was building > up to an invasion (but obviously > its been more successful than Hitler's plans along those lines). Also, > I remember reading a long time ago > that Saddam had quietly informed the White House before the Kuwait > invasion, and taken the official > silence as tacit consent. Any truth to this? > ~Maru
Saddam was directly told by the US Iraq ambassador that border disputes and matters concerning Kuwait were internal matters and the US had no interest. Since the US was a big supporter of Iraq to counterbalance Iran Saddam felt this was a go-ahead. Gary Denton _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
