THE GULF WAR : Congressional Comment

An Orange County congressman just back from the Mideast suggested that the United States and its Arab allies SEIZE OIL FIELDS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ to finance billions in war reparations for Kuwait and the families of Americans killed by Iraqi soldiers. Rep. Robert K. Dornan (R-Garden Grove) said the United States should arrange for Arab forces to take control of Iraq’s vast Rumaila oil field, just north of the Kuwaiti border, which is in the path of advancing allied troops. “I just don’t see, with our guys occupying the major oil fields in Iraq, that we are going to turn it back to them, and say, ‘Now, on your honor, pay war reparations,’ ” said Dornan, who is a member of both the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees.