THE GULF WAR: The Diplomatic Front : In Saudi Arabia
The COST OF FIGHTING the effects of a Gulf War OIL SLICK lapping at Saudi Arabia’s east coast is expected to be about $1 billion over the next six months, government officials said. One Saudi source predicted that Arab states in the Persian Gulf might have to pay up to $5 billion to clean the waterway and its shoreline and to protect wildlife. A huge oil spill, heading for Jubayl, resulted from leakage from oil terminals off occupied Kuwait. Iraq blamed it on allied bombing but coalition forces accuse Baghdad of pumping crude into the Gulf.
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