Preparing for the worst.

As the U.S. proceeds with its preparations to attack Iraq, Kuwaitis are preparing themselves for the worst. The question of whether or not Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein continues to hold any weapons of mass destruction is now a topic of profound interest in Kuwait, and of even greater interest is whe...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 346; pp. 44 - 45
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 3/7/1998
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Sumario:As the U.S. proceeds with its preparations to attack Iraq, Kuwaitis are preparing themselves for the worst. The question of whether or not Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein continues to hold any weapons of mass destruction is now a topic of profound interest in Kuwait, and of even greater interest is whether he still has the capacity to use them against the country. There is a constant worry that a single, suicidal Iraqi infiltrator could enter the country and discharge a fatal aerosol of anthrax or some other biological horror, and with this in mind, the government has blocked its border with Iraq.