To: tekboy who wrote (76292 ) 2/21/2003 7:42:35 PM From: Win Smith Read Replies (3) | Respond to There was this funny thing I read recently about the end of the Gulf War that was quite at odds with received wisdom. Have you ever heard anything like this? The Pollack interview seemed to paint it all as confusion. From Judith Miller's "God Has Ninety-Nine Names", p. 119-120:Contrary to many published accounts, Riyadh-Washington ties were strained after the war. For one thing, King Fahd had been stunned by America’s decision to end the war before Saddam Hussein was destroyed. According to Knowledgeable Saudi and American officials, Riyadh, had done its best to keep the conflict going. First, senior Saudi officials had urged the Americans to continue the aerial bombing of Iraq’s retreating army for two or three more days. When that failed, the recommended that the allies bomb republican Guard divisions on the outskirts of Baghdad. When this request, too, was denied, the Saudis deliberately slowed down the translation of Iraq’s acceptance of the terms of surrender, which President Bush insisted that King Fahd approve before it was signed. When the translation was done, an administration official told me, Saudi officials ordered their linguists to translate it again.
