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| Kuwait deploys Patriot missiles |
| 2002-09-19 |
| A high ranking officials at the Kuwaiti ministry of defense said that the Kuwaiti army is ready to protect Kuwait against any likely aggression. "Bring 'em on! Lemme at 'em!" In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Kuwaiti daily al-Watan, the Kuwaiti official said that several antimissiles Patriot missiles were deployed in preparation against any likely attack that might take place and to protect the lives of Kuwaiti citizens and residents in Kuwait and the key establishments in the country. They've been there, done that... Meantime, Kuwait's Minister of State For Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, announced that his country will not oppose a decision by the UN permitting directing an attack against Iraq. This was expressed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Kuwaiti daily al-Watan. "Kuwait will (heh heh!) regretfully (heh heh!) acquiesce (snurf!) in any (hee-hee!) U.S. action (ha ha!) against Iraq (harf harf harf! hukka hukka! Oh, cheeze! Gimme a tissue!) Yeah. Right. It just breaks our hearts...!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 Think Poland, and the calvary charging the tanks. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2002-09-20 05:33:51 |
| #5 Ok, I stand corrected, especially concerning the KAF. My apologies to the brave Kuwaitis out there. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2002-09-19 22:57:42 |
| #4 The Kuwaiti armed forces numbered about 20,000 men. The Iraqi invasion force was about five times that size. |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-09-19 20:08:16 |
| #3 Kuwait's military during GW1 was tiny - maybe three brigades. Hussein's first echelon alone outnumbered the entire Kuwaiti army 8-1 IIRC. And much of that army escaped, re-equipped, and fougnt in the return to Kuwait. The KAF, as mentioned above, fought as well as the circumstances (and their old aircraft) allowed. |
| Posted by: MBerg 2002-09-19 19:53:30 |
| #2 True, but France was a globe-spanning Empire. The Kuwaiti resistance was both well organized and brave, the Kuwaiti airforce kept running until they were driven off the very road they used when their primary air base was destroyed. The Kuwaitis will fight hard, they know the penalty and price otherwise. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-09-19 13:36:33 |
| #1 Let's hope the Kuwaiti armed forces give a better account of themselves this time. As I recall, in GW I they held out for a whole 12 hours. Even the French held out longer than that :-) |
| Posted by: Steve White 2002-09-19 12:37:40 |