| Description | Folder of presscuttings and telex reports on the progress of the Second Gulf War during September 1990. Topics covered include damage to Kuwait's infrastructure, Bush's negotiations with Gorbachev and Arab leaders to decide upon policies against Iraq, various texts collated by the SWB (Summary of World Broadcasts) such as statements by the Iraqi government and Yemen's Minister of State, a telex transcript of an address to Iraq by the Saudi king, the Emir of Riyadh, the burning of effigies of President Bush in Baghdad and Iraqi threats against American citizens taking refuge in the American embassy in Baghdad, photocopied pages from 'Middle East Internationl' magazine (14 September 1990) with various articles on Iraq, Kuwait and Iran, a copy of the UN text on the air embargo against Iraq and Kuwait, reports that Iraq prepared for two years before invading Kuwait, an article discussing the protocol for trying Saddam as a war criminal, a small story about how the British embassy in Baghdad is being affected by underground tree roots as well as discussion of the book 'Iraq's Right to Kuwait: A Historical Truth' (Baghdad, 1990), an article from Le Monde on the Gulf crisis, a fragment of a page from the Tehran Times reporting on the use of fine marble in Saddam's palace, and an article by Reza Pahlavi II (son of the late Shah of Iran) in The International Herald Tribune on Iran and Iraq. There is also a 28-paged typed report, issued as Document No.1242 by the Western European Union (20 September 1990), reporting on The Kuwait Crisis for the 36th Ordinary Session of its Assembly. |