20—MANCFIESTER HERALD, Friday, Sept. 14, 1990 Friday, Saturday & Sunday Manchester Joins In The GRAND OPENING iManrhpfitpr MpralJi Weekend Edition, Saturday, Sept. 15,1990 Voted 1990 New England Newspaper of the Mear Newsstand Price: 35 Cents Gulf crisis hits new peak By LISA GENASCI The Associated Press Ai Iraq turned up the heat Friday on diplomats refusing to leave embassies in occupied Kuwait, while Western na­ MEMOREX Super l/UStores tions promised more soldiers, tanks and ships for the 90-Min. military machine confronting Iraq. Audio Ibpe 1329 Main Street, Willimantic Iraqi troops stormed the French ambassador’s residence, seizing four citizens, including a diplomat, the French Foreign Ministry said. Troops also burst into the Hassle-Frer Belgian compound and the Canadian ambassador’s residence. The consuls from the United States and four In-Sfore If you're about to I T other nations were briefly detained. 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