VOL. XXXIII

NO. 51

24-SEPTEMBER-1990

The Political Scene

Seven weeks after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait international moves topressure the Baghdad government into ending the occupation continue to gainmomentum. While the number of countries sending forces to the Gulf has increasedstill further, the United Nations Security Council has been preparing to orderan air embargo of Iraq. The Iraqis, for their part, find themselves moreisolated than at any time since the start of the crisis. But they have...