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	Forward from DOD paperboy service:

In article <9208041201.AA09092@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil>, paperboy@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil writes:
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> From: The paperboy
> Subject: U.S. UMBRELLA WON'T LAST FOREVER, IRAQ WARNS KUWAIT
> 
>         Iraq warned Kuwaiti leaders on Tuesday that U.S. military
> protection for their oil-rich emirate would not last forever.
> 
>         The U.S.-Kuwaiti joint military execise which began on
> Monday are aimed at "keeping Kuwaiti leaders under the illusion
> that they are secure thanks to the (U.S.) umbrella," the ruling
> Baath party's newspaper said. Ath-Thawra said the U.S.
> intervention in the Gulf was motivated "by oil and not their
> concern" for the protection of Kuwait.
> 
>         "The day that Kuwait's oil disappears or diminishes in
> importance, the U.S. navy, warships and soldiers will leave,
> abandoning the agents of Kuwait and the others to their well-
> known fate," it said.
> 
>         Iraq has stepped up claims to its southern neighbor, two
> years after its invasion of Kuwait that triggered the Gulf
> crisis. A U.S.-led military coalition expelled Iraqi troops in
> February 1991.
> 
>         Kuwait has an oil production capacity of up to 2.5
> million barrels per day and proven reserves of 94 billion
> barrels. It is nearing its pre-war output of 1.5 million barrels
> per day but cannot hope to reach maximum output in the short term
> because of the damage to its facilities during the Iraqi
> occupation.
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