61.   The White House also said on Wednesday that it did believe an Iraqi invasion was possible at the current time.

62.   The United Nations imposed an oil and trade embargo on Baghdad after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

63.   The White House also said on Wednesday that it did not believe an Iraqi invasion was possible at the current time.

64.   Ties between Jordan and both Gulf states have improved following a strain prompted by the Gulf crisis, when Amman was accused of supporting the Iraqi invasion.

65.   Ties between the countries have been on ice since Jordan refused to join a US-led military coalition to liberate Kuwait after the Iraqi invasion.

66.   US Defence Secretary William Perry said Monday the United States had not excluded a preventive move to discourage a new Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

67.   This was in reference to the economic dowturn and dislocation of Filipino overseas workers that occured after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the succeeding Gulf War.

68.   US Defense Secretary William Perry said Monday the United States had not excluded a preventive move to discourage a new Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

69.   It also pledged to mobilise their forces to protect the emirate against a fresh Iraqi invasion.

70.   Italy suspended diplomatic activities here following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait but reopened ties last month by establishing an interests section in the Hungarian embassy.