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今回のグラスピーメモの暴露によって、91年の湾岸戦争は米国がイラクのフセインを引っ掛けてクウェート侵攻させ、報復を口実に起こした戦争だった可能性が高まった。 http://p.tl/x4on
5:50 AM Jan 5th webから
イラクのクウェート侵攻を米国が黙認するとサダム・フセインに思わせたと疑われていたグラスピー駐イラク米大使とフセインとの会談メモをウィキリークスが暴露。グラスピーは確かにフセインとの友好関係と、クウェート国境紛争に介入しないことを表明していた。 http://p.tl/x4on
4:38 AM Jan 5th webから
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Glaspie Memo Leaked: US Dealings With Iraq Ahead of 1990 Invasion of Kuwait Detailed(ANTIWAR.com)
Ambassador Assured Saddam of Bush's Friendship at July 25 Meeting
by Jason Ditz, January 02, 2011
One of the crown jewels of secret pre-Gulf War negotiations was unveiled tonight when the notorious Glaspie Memo, or as it is now known 90BAGHDAD423, was released by WikiLeaks
The cable, whose official title was “Saddam’s Message of Friendship to President Bush” details the meeting between US Ambassador April Glaspie and Saddam Hussein on July 25, 1990, just a week before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
The meeting has long been a matter of speculation, as it had long been speculated that comments by Glaspie had led Saddam to believe that the United States was giving them the green light to invade Kuwait if diplomacy failed.
The memo reveals indeed Hussein expressing concern about the Bush Administration’s position on Iraq owing to its participation in military exercises with the United Arab Emirates and pledges to “defend its allies” in the region. He complained the US pledges were making Kuwait and the UAE refuse to negotiate with Iraq. He also expressed concern about negative media coverage in the US, which Ambassador Glaspie assured him did not reflect US policy and singled out a Diane Sawyer report on “nuclear bomb triggers” for condemnation.
Rather Glaspie assured Saddam of Bush’s friendship and expressed support for the negotiations being set up by Hosni Mubarak for the weekend of July 28-30. She also explicitly said the United States took no position on the border dispute between Iraq and Kuwait. Hussein assured that no action would be taken against Kuwait if the negotiations showed some progress, which seemed to suit the US at the time.
But the talks didn’t accomplish anything and by August 2 Iraq was invading Kuwait. Within hours the mutual friendship was completely torn up and US officials were railing against Iraq. A few months later the US invaded for the first time, sparking invasions, decades of enmity, sanctions which killed massive numbers of Iraqi civilians and, eventually, a full US occupation which continues to this day.
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