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2007-10-05 Arabia

Kuwaits ruler says rejects any partition of Iraq

DUBAI - Kuwait will not accept any plan to divide Iraq into federal regions and wants the United States to remain there until the country is stable, the ruler of the Gulf state said in remarks aired on Thursday.

We will not accept the partition of Iraq, we consider this to be dangerous to us. It will be dangerous for the whole region, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah told Al Arabiya television, commenting on a US Senate resolution advocating the division of Iraq into federal regions. We are against this division and I think that even the Iraqis will not accept this.

Who asked him? I don't favor it, but no one in Iraq asked me either. It's not our call.

The non-binding Senate amendment, which was passed last week, says the United States should actively support a political settlement among Iraqis based on a federal system of government. The amendment has been widely interpreted as a proposal to divide Iraq along sectarian and ethnic lines into Sunni Arab, Shia Arab and Kurdish regions.

Sheikh Al Sabah also called on the United States to keep its troops in Iraq until stability is seen on the ground. I say it frankly, I would like the (United States) to withdraw its troops from tomorrow, but do you think that if they pull out there will be stability in Iraq? I think not, he said. We will hold the United States responsible for the fighting in Iraq, therefore, I wish that they will not leave now before they maintain a strong army in Iraq that can protect Iraq and its people.

Posted by Steve White 2007-10-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 We will hold the United States responsible for the fighting in Iraq

Another "dog bites hand" story. How quickly they have conveniently forgotten August 2nd, 1990 and the seven months of agony and nightmare as the Iraqi troops indulged in an orgy of violence, torture, looting and destruction on a mass scale. For the Kuwaitis it meant complete loss of freedom, civic and human rights. They were at the complete mercy of Saddam Hussein's occupation forces.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-10-05 05:39|| 2007-10-05 05:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Gratitude, or guilt---as distinct from shame, is simply not a part of that culture.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-10-05 06:05|| 2007-10-05 06:05|| Front Page Top

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