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Russian Arms for Kuwait

DUBAI -- Kuwait, which hosted a thunderous U.S. military exercise this week on the fourth anniversary of Iraq's invasion, said it would soon sign an agreement to buy Russian weapons, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported.


The agency said Defense Minister Sheik Ahmad Hamoud al-Sabah made the announcement at the end of the joint military exercise with the U.S. forces in the Kuwaiti desert.


He gave no details of the types of weapons the mainly U.S.-supplied armed forces would get from Moscow but said they would come within the context of a security pact between the two countries.


He was quoted as saying the Russian weapons were needed to meet the needs of the armed forces.


Earlier on Tuesday, B-52 bombers flying non-stop around the world pulverized the Kuwaiti desert to remind an unrepentant Baghdad of the global reach of U.S. military power.


Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990, and annexed its former ally after months of disputes over financial aid and ownership of border oil fields. A U.S.-led alliance advancing from bases in Saudi Arabia expelled Iraqi troops in late February, 1991.

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