World IN BRIEF : IRAQ : Baghdad Again Claims Kuwait
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Baghdad marked the third anniversary of its invasion of Kuwait with fiery rhetoric declaring the oil-rich emirate part of Iraq. “Kuwait . . . has never been but part of Iraq,” said the ruling Baath party newspaper Al Thawra. “Such a fact cannot be obliterated by armed aggression, unilateral resolutions from states or organizations imposed by force and through the American hegemony over the area and the world.”
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