Hussein’s Son Wants Iraq Map to Include Kuwait
President Saddam Hussein’s son Uday has asked parliament to change the map of Iraq on the legislature’s emblem to show Kuwait as part of Iraq, a leading newspaper said Monday.
Babel newspaper--owned by Uday, a member of parliament--published part of a working paper he submitted to the legislature in November.
“Iraq’s map that represents the symbol of the assembly does not include the full borders of Iraq as known to the various segments of the Iraqi people, that is Kuwait City,” the paper said.
The recommendation was published two days before the 10th anniversary of the start of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, in which a U.S.-led coalition drove Iraqi troops out of the oil-rich emirate.
Iraq had invaded and annexed Kuwait in August 1990. -- Reuters
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