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...rush 400 Stinger missiles to Saudi Arabia. But it was not prepared to do the same for Kuwait, a gulf state with which the U.S. has had frequent disagreements. Though Kuwait's refineries and desalinization plants are painfully exposed, the White House turned down Kuwait's request to buy 500 Stingers...
...sell Saudi Arabia 400 shoulder-fired Stinger antiaircraft missiles and to provide a fourth aerial tanker, a KC-10, that can refuel Saudi fighters in flight. The moves were intended to help the Saudis protect shipping from Iranian air assault in the Persian Gulf. Kuwait promptly made an unofficial request for Stingers; the U.S. suggested it turn to European suppliers...
...somewhat. So maybe it's going to turn out all right." Washington officials emphasize that the U.S. would be extremely reluctant to use its own air and naval power to protect shipping in the gulf unless 1) Arab states offering the use of bases on their territory publicly request such assistance, and 2) British and French forces cooperate in this defense effort...
...Three weeks before the Soviet tanks began to roll, American spy satellites detected movements that allowed agents to warn the rebels of the impending attack. Massoud's radio performance was made possible by the use of more than 40 CIA-supplied portable transmitters. In response to a specific request from Massoud, the CIA also arranged to send hundreds of land mines by plane, ship, truck, camel and pony across three continents and through several intermediaries, so that they got into rebel hands just before Goodbye Massoud began. Says a Western diplomat: "Nothing would make the Soviets happier than breaking...
Manhattan cabbies sometimes stop for the hailing figure on Park Avenue, but he never gets in. Patrons new to Kathy Gallagher's, a chic Los Angeles eatery, request tables far from the cigar chomper who seems to be a fixture in the place. In Boca Raton, Fla., vacationers have called police because a youth has loitered too long staring...