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To: robert a belfer who wrote (48342)	7/10/2013 11:48:35 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Escorting tankers was in our interest. Also they where not Iraqi tankers. Not Iraqi owned, not Iraqi operated, not under an Iraqi flag, and not (or at least not mostly, its possible there is some exception that I don't know about) going to Iraq. They where Kuwaiti owned tankers (probably operating under flags of convenience before they where temporary re-flagged to be legally American tankers), not Iraqi tankers. Yes Kuwait provided support for Iraq, so indirectly that helped Iraq. And yes the operation brought the US in to conflict with Iran, which caused the destruction of some Iranian military assets, but still its a stretch to call the US action an action to support Saddam.