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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (1752)	1/17/2003 10:19:38 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 25898

SADDAM BETRAYED BY BUSH 41 Thomas, Re: 3 separate signals to Saddam that it was OK to invade Kuwait -- Thanks for the Phoenix Archives link. I'm not personally familiar with this source. However, the author did correctly identify April Glaspie and John Kelly as two of the sources which Saddam should have been able to rely on for a clear reading of U.S. policy. The third was mentioned this morning on C-SPAN's Washington Journal by a caller. Sorry to say, I did not make a note of the name, but it was another State Department official, speaking in an official capacity. The call came in during the segment with Bill Gersh of the Washington Times: cspan.org Segment: "Washington Times Reporters Bill Gertz & Rowan Scarborough (01/17/2003)"

To: Thomas M. who wrote (1752)	1/18/2003 2:25:39 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 25898

BUSH 41 BETRAYS SADDAM HUSSEIN Tom, Re: Three separate signals to Saddam in 1990 that Kuwait attack was OK with Bush -- We've previously mentioned the roles of April Glaspie and John Kelly. Here's the third direct endorsement of Hussein's plan: "During a press briefing on July 24, State Department spokesperson Margaret Tutwiler said: "We do not have any defense treaties with Kuwait, and there are no special defense or security commitments to Kuwait.'' The very next day, July 25, Saddam was personally told the same by the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie." Source: sfbg.com