For years , Middle East experts have debated Mr. Bush 's role in encouraging Iraq 's Shiites and Kurds to mount a challenge to Mr. Hussein after the war over Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait ended , before ruling out American military action to halt the mass killings of Shiites that Mr. Hussein initiated to crush the uprising .
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