VOL. XXXIV

NO. 12/13

24/31-DECEMBER-1990

The Political Scene

Baghdad has been sent a clear message that despite four months of trying ithas been unable to produce any significant rifts in, let alone defections from,either the Arab or western components of the international coalition opposingthe invasion of Kuwait. Algerian President Chadli Benjedid evidently concludedduring his week-long tour of the region that a purely Arab solution (orcompromise) is no longer on the cards, and the Algerians...