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Chapter 5: Two calendars (Gregorian & Hijri) (18)
132 Tragedy of blowing steam off and tit for tat (4/4)
But both Hussein 's ambitions and the Palestinians' expectations were illusion. Six months later, Kuwait was liberalized in the Gulf War. Iraq set fire on the oilfield area as a souvenir before withdrawal. A bright red flame rose in the sky of Kuwait and a black splash of crude oil scatters in the desert of Kuwait. The sky above Kuwait was surrounded by black smoke and the darkness spread even in daytime.
The Emir of Kuwait and the Sabah royal families
returned home from Saudi Arabia where the government was in exile. Kuwait
regained calm. They deeply appreciated the countries joined to the
multinational forces and spared their power to liberate Kuwait including the
United States. Kuwait government, therefore, published special advertisement on
the newspaper expressing their thanks. In the article there were names of
countries that participated in multinational forces such as Pakistan or Sudan. But
there was no name of Japan even it donated a huge war chest of 1 trillion yen.
Japanese constitution prohibited to send military force abroad.
Kuwait did not allow those who supported Hussein.
The government deported all Palestinians and Jordanians. The Japanese oil company
in the south of the border was also ordered to deport its Palestine and
Jordanian employees because Kuwait held half equity for oil operation. It was a
tit for tat by Kuwait after the Gulf War against the blowing steam by Palestinians
during the war. But it was obvious what would happen when Kuwait government
deported the Palestinians who had underpinned both public and private sectors
in Kuwait economy. The economic damage that Kuwait received were serious, and
it still does not heal after quarter century.
(To be continued
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(From an ordinary citizen in the
cloud)
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