QUOTE OF THE DAY

"President Bush is an intelligent man. He is not going to declare an
economic war against Iraq. I admire your extraordinary efforts to
rebuild your country. I know you need funds. We understand that, and our
opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. But we
have no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts like your border disagreement with
Kuwait. James Baker [US Secretary of State] has directed our official
spokesmen to emphasise this instruction. .... "
-- April Glaspie, US Ambassador to Iraq, in conversation with Saddam
Hussein, US State Department transcripts, 25th July 1990, eight days before the invasion