Word: abu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Yasser Arafat, thus making the P.F.L.P. chief a rallying point for those fedayeen who might grow dissatisfied with Arafat's leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Sipping amber-colored tea in a Palestinian refugee camp, Habash last week explained his views to TIME's Wilton Wynn and Abu Said Abu Rish...
...handful of people remaining in Damur stood in a bedraggled group near a church-quiet, anxious, clinging to their few belongings, which they had wrapped in small rugs. The leftists' commander, Abu Musa-a polite, unshaven Fatah officer-charged that Lebanese army commandos had helped defend the town, even though the army is supposed to be neutral. He gave the civilians the choice of staying or leaving for Christian-held areas; they chose to leave. Except for medicine and bare necessities, they were not allowed to take anything with them. Militiamen loaded furniture, household goods, washing machines and stereo...
Lebanese Premier Rashid Karami said the attacks "demonstrated Israel's perplexity after the victories scored by Syria and the P.L.O. at the U.N." P.L.O. Spokesman Abu Sharar also attributed the strikes to Israeli "desperation" over the Palestinians' diplomatic success. Criticism came from less predictable sources as well. Pope Paul VI, in a message of condolence cabled to the Lebanese government, called the raids "an inadmissible gesture of violence...
...Israeli action placed Egypt in a particularly uncomfortable position. The day before the raids, Egypt had taken over the Abu Rudeis oilfields, which Israel had given up as part of the second Sinai accord. The Egyptians thus regained a $1 million-a-day resource, but the takeover made them appear to be on embarrassingly good terms with Israel at a bad moment. Privately, the Egyptians were furious at the Syrians for having undermined President Anwar Sadat's attempts to ease tensions in the area. As one high government official told TIME: "They have called a Security Council debate that...
United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi, the leading producer, has been negotiating sporadically to raise from 60% to 100% the emirates' ownership of local production, but it has indicated that it plans to leave the current 60%-40% arrangement intact through 1976. Says U.A.E. Petroleum Minister Mani Said Utaiba: "We feel we shouldn't rush things...