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Iraq Promises Kuwait Pullout : U.S. Skeptical; Bush Offers Saudis All Possible Aid : Mideast: Baghdad solidifies hold throughout the emirate but under growing pressure pledges to begin withdrawing as early as Sunday.

August 4, 1990 | KIM MURPHY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Iraq moved to consolidate its hold on the farthest reaches of Kuwaiti territory Friday, but it promised to begin withdrawing some of its troops as early as Sunday in the face of mounting international pressure against the invasion. An estimated 100,000 Iraqi troops and 300 tanks were pushing through Kuwait's southern oil fields to within 5 to 10 miles of the Saudi border, according to U.S. and Saudi sources.

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Iraq Promises Kuwait Pullout : U.S. Skeptical; Bush Offers Saudis All Possible Aid : Mideast: Baghdad solidifies hold throughout the emirate but under growing pressure pledges to begin withdrawing as early as Sunday.

August 4, 1990 | KIM MURPHY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Iraq moved to consolidate its hold on the farthest reaches of Kuwaiti territory Friday, but it promised to begin withdrawing some of its troops as early as Sunday in the face of mounting international pressure against the invasion. An estimated 100,000 Iraqi troops and 300 tanks were pushing through Kuwait's southern oil fields to within 5 to 10 miles of the Saudi border, according to U.S. and Saudi sources.

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