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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (23656)	5/19/2004 8:57:38 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Kuwait's sheikh signed a treaty with Great Britain in 1899 while the Ottoman Empire still existed. It is true the Ottoman's claimed it, but I'd say being a party to an international treaty and having the Turkish Empire do nothing about it, is a clear demonstration of it's independence. A desire to lease two islands is not a claim on the entire country. From your article: The INC came under fire in Kuwait last month after its vice president, Mudhar Shawkat, said that the Kuwaiti Gulf islands of Bubiyan and Warba were essential for Iraq's economic development, urging the emirate to lease them. Saddam asked to lease the islands at the start of his country's 1980-1988 war with Iran. Although Kuwait backed Iraq in that conflict, it turned down the request. "Kuwait is certainly displeased over such statements. But we also realize that the Iraqi (Governing Council president) is changed every month and this is only an interim government," Nesef said. Kuwait acted as a springboard to the US-led invasion of Iraq last year that ousted former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. "We want to tell our Iraqi brothers, that to open a new page in our relations, you must end this foul play," Barrak said, in reference to similar statements laying claim to Kuwait by other Iraqi officials. Many of the 25 members of the Governing Council have visited Kuwait, some several times, during the past several months as new ties are established. Interim Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari has said his country was prepared to sign a "treaty of guarantees" with Kuwait once a sovereign government is established in Baghdad.