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Initial Political Reactions to Operation Desert Storm
Iraqi Baghdad's Voice of the Masses radio at0 est was broadcasting patriotic songs. There has been no official Iraqi reaction to the initiation of hostilities yet.
Israel: At0 EST, CNN announced that the Israeli militarytatement advising citizens to stay home and open the kits that had been distributed to them, which contain gas masks. According to pres. reports, Israeli Defense Forcesurfew on the occupiod territories in response to Desert Storm, fffiffj
Iran: Iranian radio0 EST and later5 EST broadcast information concerning Operation Desert Storm, quoting US sources and CNN sources in Baghdad. Thebroadcast contained only factual datao commentary. Is^mffm
Japan! Prime Minister Kalfu announced that Japan resolutely supports military action taken by the US based on the UN Security Council resolutions, according to press. The Cabinet endorsed Xaifu's statement,
ussr! According to Yugoslavian press reporting, Soviet Armed Forces in the southern USSR were put on alert shortly before the start of Desert Storm. The Soviet news agency TASS has reported the onset of hostilities and repeated details from Western reporting, but the Soviet government has not yet issued any formal statements.
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