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Saddam Killed in the Nick of Time for U.S. Interests
By Kevin Zeese (about the author) Page 6 of 7 page(s)
Hussein had also begun his campaign of overt threats against Kuwait, accusing his tiny neighbor of economic warfare and vowing to retaliate.
Yet as late as July 9, 1990, April Glaspie, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, assured Iraqi officials that the Bush Administration was still trying to get the second $500 million released, according to a classified cable.
Only on Aug. 2, 1990, did the Agriculture Department officially suspend the Agriculture Department guarantees to Iraq -- the same day that Hussein's tanks and troops swept into Kuwait.
Aid on the Eve of War
Classified documents obtained by The Times show a long-secret pattern of personal efforts by Bush -- as President and as vice president -- to support and placate Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Here are some of the key incidents:
1984
* June: Vice President Bush telephones the president of the Export-Import Bank and helps persuade him to approve $500 million in loan guarantees so Iraq can build an oil pipeline.
1987
* Late February: Vice President Bush telephones the new president of the Export-Import Bank and successfully lobbies for Iraq to receive $200 million in new loan guarantees from the federal agency.
* March 2: Vice President Bush meets with Iraqi ambassador Nizar Hamdoon and tells him that two requests by Iraq for sensitive American technology had been approved over objections from the Defense Department.
1988
* Aug. 19: Iraq and Iran sign official cease-fire ending 8-year war.
1989
* Early October: President Bush signs a secret national security directive ordering U.S. agencies to expand political and economic ties with Iraq.
* Oct. 31: Secretary of State James A. Baker III telephones Agriculture Secretary Clayton K. Yeutter and persuades him to reverse Agriculture's position and approve $1 billion in new loan guarantees to Iraq.
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