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To: maceng2 who wrote (41804)	9/4/2002 12:44:45 AM
From: margie	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Saddam thought he was given the green light by the US Ambassador to Iraq one week before he invaded Kuwait. Whether or not this was the case was and still is debatable. chss.montclair.edu July 25th, 1990 Excerpts from Iraqi Document on Meeting of Iraq President Saddam Hussein with U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie; also present Tariq Aziz APRIL GLASPIE: ”I thank you, Mr. President, and it is a great pleasure for a diplomat to meet and talk directly with the President. I clearly understand your message. We studied history at school. That taught us to say freedom or death. I think you know well that we as a people have our experience with the colonialists. Mr. President, you mentioned many things during this meeting which I cannot comment on on behalf of my Government. But with your permission, I will comment on two points. You spoke of friendship and I believe it was clear from the letters sent by our President to you on the occasion of your National Day that he emphasizes -- HUSSEIN: He was kind and his expressions met with our regard and respect. GLASPIE: As you know, he directed the United States Administration to reject the suggestion of implementing trade sanctions. HUSSEIN: There is nothing left for us to buy from America. Only wheat. Because every time we want to buy something, they say it is forbidden. I am afraid that one day you will say, "You are going to make gunpowder out of wheat." GLASPIE: I have a direct instruction from the President to seek better relations with Iraq. GLASPIE: “But we have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait. "I was in the American Embassy in Kuwait during the late 60's. “The instruction we had during this period was that we should express no opinion on this issue and that the issue is not associated with America. James Baker has directed our official spokesmen to emphasize this instruction. We hope you can solve this problem using any suitable methods via Klibi or via President Mubarak. All that we hope is that these issues are solved quickly.” chss.montclair.edu He does not sound like a madman here.

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