VOL. XLV

No 15

15-April-2002

Arab PressReview

(MEES Translation)

The Conditions For Kuwait/IraqRapprochement

The following is an extract from an editorial in the Kuwaitidaily al-Qabas entitled The Agreement On Kuwaiti-IraqiRelations: Does It Spell The End Of The Mother Of All Battles Philosophy?published on 4 April:

The clause in the Beirutsummit agreements devoted to the state of relations between Kuwaitand Iraqstirred up a wave of political dust. Some people saw it as an opening to fireoff more...