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Article: U.S. Warns Iraq Not to Attack Saudi Arabia;Baghdad's Troops Seen Near Border
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- The Washington Post
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- August 4, 1990
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U.S. intelligence yesterday monitored a new buildup of 100,000
Iraqi troops in Kuwait south of the capital and near the border with
Saudi Arabia, prompting President Bush to warn that the "integrity of
Saudi Arabia" is one of America's "vital interests."
Iraq announced that it would begin withdrawing its troops from
Kuwait on Sunday. But Bush and his senior advisers expressed
skepticism that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein would depart after
overrunning his smaller neighbor Thursday morning or that he would
remove the puppet government he has installed there.
As he left the White House for Camp David, Bush testily responded
to a question about Iraq's offer to withdraw by saying, "Let's see ...