91.   Jordan said Sunday it would oppose Iraq if it used force against Kuwait, in a first reaction to the build-up of Iraqi troops near the Kuwaiti border.

92.   Khamenei also blasted the heavy deployment of US forces in the Gulf following an Iraqi troop build-up near the Kuwaiti border earlier this month.

93.   Military satellites and spy planes also clearly spotted tank columns and transport vehicles moving north, away from the Kuwaiti border, a military official said.

94.   Moscow said Tuesday Iraq had recognised Kuwaiti borders in conformity with UN demands in a letter from Saddam to Yeltsin.

95.   Moscow said Tuesday Iraq had recognised Kuwaiti borders in conformity with UN demands in a letter from Saddam to Russia President Boris Yeltsin.

96.   Oil prices rose sharply Friday on reports that Iraqi troops were moving towards the Kuwaiti border.

97.   Oil prices have only reacted slightly to Iraqi military movements near the Kuwaiti border and the dispatch of troops to the emirate by the United States and its allies.

98.   Oil prices had decined over the last two weeks following a drop in the tension caused by Iraqi troop movements toward the Kuwaiti border.

99.   On Wednesday, officials in Washington said they were reconsidering plans to deploy additional troops in the Gulf now that Iraqi troops were pulling back from the Kuwaiti border.

100.   President Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani on Wednesday criticized the deployment of US troops in the Gulf after an Iraqi buildup near the Kuwaiti border last month.