MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Marianna Belenkaya)
of the Kurds has not been officially proven. If it is, the consequences could be tremendous.The trial of Hussein could have revealed many more secrets.
For example, the media often write that on July 25, 1990, the U.S. ambassador to Baghdad, April Glaspie, was summoned to the dictator's office for "comprehensive political discussions" before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2. Glaspie allegedly told Hussein: "We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait."
The "border disagreement" later turned out into a full-scale aggression and became the beginning of the end for Hussein. The Iraqi dictator became the arch-enemy of the United States, although American-Iraqi relations had seemingly been on the rise before the Kuwaiti campaign.
Several weeks before the war, a delegation of U.S. senators visited Baghdad to assure the Iraqi authorities of Washington's goodwill. This visit took place after
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