VOL. XXXIV

NO. 28

15-APRIL-1991

The Political Scene

With Baghdad's acceptance of Resolution 687 and the formation of a UN forceto monitor the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border, the stage is set for the coalition todisengage itself from Iraq. Simultaneously, however, growing internationalpressure to protect the tidal wave of Kurdish refugees pouring into Iran andTurkey threatens to draw the allies deeper into the Iraqi quagmire, and aBritish proposal to establish UN-controlled enclaves in northern Iraq has...