LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: With the threat of military action looming in Iraq, Saddam Hussein is trying to rally support for Iraq. He apologized this weekend for invading Kuwait back in 1990. However, the apology was flatly rejected. CNN Senior International Correspondent Walter Rodgers joins us now by way of videophone. He is in Kuwait City -- Walt.</s>WALTER RODGERS, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Leon. The Kuwaitis, of course, who were the victims of the 1990 Gulf War, 1991 Gulf War, flatly rejected the apology from Saddam Hussein. Most Kuwaitis saw it as an Arab street to rise up</s>HARRIS: Well, Walt, with that in mind, is there any concern at all or have you noticed at all whether or not any extra precautions for safety have been taken by the American troops who are there, just in case there is one or two or however many people might actually have absorbed and accepted that message of jihad?</s>RODGERS: Well, what we've seen, of course, is in the past several weeks, we've had four Americans shot here. One was killed, and this was even before the call for a jihad by Saddam Hussein. After those incidents here in Kuwait, the Americans stuck pretty much to their bases. Now, they're not as visible. The American military personnel not as visible as they were before. They know there is a heightened sense of security concern here, and so yes, the American reaction has been to lower the profile significantly -- Leon.</s>HARRIS: Walter Rodgers reporting live for us, as you see there, by way of videophone there from Kuwait City.
Hussein Calls for Kuwaitis to Rise Up