VOL. XXXIII

NO. 52

1-OCTOBER-1990

The Political Scene

The United Nations Security Council has passed its eighth resolution againstIraq since the invasion of Kuwait just over eight weeks ago - this timeextending the trade embargo to cover air traffic. The UN has also provided aforum for a succession of speeches by world leaders condemning Baghdad. Twocountries which are former friends of Iraq, the Soviet Union and France, wereparticularly critical. The Soviets warned Iraq that if troops were not...