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The United States Department of State is directly linked to Iraq through its diplomatic policy decisions, including the refusal to negotiate [1], [2], the assessment of regional territorial disputes [3], and the monitoring of human rights conditions within the country [4].
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The Persian Gulf TV War by Douglas Kellner (http://www.gseis.ucla ... pages.gseis.ucla.edu 4 facts
perspectiveDouglas Kellner argues that the U.S. State Department's justification for refusing to negotiate with Iraq was questionable because the Bush administration continued to refuse negotiations even after Saddam Hussein agreed to release all hostages.
claimBy 1990, the U.S. State Department had compiled a report on human rights abuses in Iraq, though the report did not significantly influence U.S. policy toward Saddam Hussein and Iraq.
claimThe U.S. State Department justified its refusal to negotiate with Iraq by stating that it was impossible to take Iraqi proposals seriously while Iraq held thousands of hostages as human bargaining chips.
claimThe U.S. State Department reasoned that the diplomatic track needed to be blocked because Arab states might be tempted to defuse the crisis by granting Iraq token gains, such as the islands of Warba and Bubiyan or border adjustments at the Rumaila oil field.