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In article <1992Aug10.103220.1583@falcon.aamrl.wpafb.af.mil> bkottmann@falcon.aamrl.wpafb.af.mil (Brett Kottmann) writes:
>	Forward from DOD paperboy service:
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>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.
>> -------------------------
Then Kuwait has a 103 year supply of oil at production levels of 2.5 million
barrels a day. 94bil/2.5mil/365 = 103.01 years of oil production.

Saddam Hussein will surely be dead by the time Kuwait runs out of oil.
IN 103 years, Kuwait could become a major arms source, if it were to dump it's
money into arms technology (as Israel has done), and win the arms race economically.

Hmmmm.. stupid threat, but then again, has anyhting come out of Iraq's Gov't
that was sensible??

-Dan



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