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Article: After Kuwait, the deluge? Iraq's invasion exposes deep divisions in the Arab world; Saddam Hussein is not the one to heal them. (Showdown in the Gulf)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- August 20, 1990
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AFTER KUWAIT, THE DELUGE?
Whatever Saddam Hussein's ultimate fate, his audacious move into Kuwait has opened a Pandora's box for Arab leaders, one which also holds great perils for the West. Not only has Iraq's invasion of Kuwait shattered the myth of Arab unity but it also has exposed a widening conflict between the oil-rich and the dirt-poor in the Arab world, fueled a crisis of legitimacy in a part of the world still untouched by the democratic revolution, challenged borders left over from the days of empire and highlighted the Arabs' chronic inability to solve their own problems. Says Lebanese journalist Hisham Milhelm, "In one move Saddam showed the ...
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