Al Re...Please note that the war was well under way by the time this speech was given.
The air campaign was, however the ground assault didn't happen until Feb, 23. In the article Tabani didn't go to Wash. until March. which was after the war.
desert-storm.com
Feb 23, Ground war begins with Marines, Army and Arab forces moving into Iraq and Kuwait.
Feb 25, 1991 Iraqi SCUD missle hits a US barracks in Saudi Arabia killing 27.
Feb 26, 1991 Kuwaiti resistence leaders declare they are in control of Kuwait City.
Feb 27, 1991 President Bush orders a cease fire effective at midnight Kuwaiti time.
According to this article, the revolt was started by returning Iraqi soldiers, within a wk. after the war. Plus notice that last paragraph. This author states, the US policy was not to talk to the rebel groups, just as your reporter stated Tabani was turned away without a conference. I think it is clear GB senior offered no help.
http://www.dodgeglobe.com/stories/041603/opi_iraq.shtml
On March 3, an Iraqi tank commander returning from Kuwait fired a shell through one of the portraits of Saddam in Basra's main square, igniting the southern uprising.
A week later, Kurdish rebels ended Saddam's control over much of the north.
But although Bush had called for the rebellion, his administration was caught unprepared when it happened.
The administration knew little about those in the Iraqi opposition because, as a matter of policy, it refused to talk to them. Policy-makers tended to see Iraq's main ethnic groups in caricature: The Shiites were feared as pro-Iranian and the Kurds as anti-Turkish.
Where are the words you indicate?military and the Iraqi people to take matters into their own hands
Different words, same meaning.
Re-read the article and get the chronology right. You have mis-interpreted important aspects of the article.
It is not me who is mixed up; delusional maybe, but not mixed up. I have outlined the chonology above.
Feb 15 GB speech.
Feb 23 to 27 Desert storm
March 3 Returning Iraqi soldier starts revolt.
You should also note that that soldier wasn't one of the leaders AFAIK, so he did it on his own, and the rest happened spontaniously. There is no evidence that soldier, and the resistance, did what they did, because of GB speech 2 1/2 wks earlier. Even in America, with modern communications etc, they couldn't have geared up for war that fast. |
