Word: abu
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...Five other countries joined Libya, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi in shutting off all oil exports to the U.S. Washington officials estimated that the embargo will reduce U.S. supplies, directly and indirectly, by 1,500,000 bbl. to 2,000,000 bbl. a day, or around 10%. That is a serious threat to a nation that had good reason to fear a winter shortage of heating oil even before the war began...
...pressure on Washington through the nations of Western Europe and Japan, which are more dependent on Middle East oil than is the U.S. Saudi Arabia promptly went further, first declaring an immediate 10% cutback in oil production and then cutting off all oil shipments to the U.S., as did Abu Dhabi, Libya and Algeria...
...output. But by week's end, as the war seemed to be going against the Arabs, he announced a total ban on oil shipments to the U.S. Presently, 3.4% of the crude oil consumed daily by the U.S. comes from Saudi Arabia. Libya, Algeria and Abu Dhabi also announced embargos...
...Israelis were impressed. At the same tune that major units were crossing the waterway under air and missile support, Russian-built TU-16 jets of the Egyptian air force were bombing Israel's principal oil-producing wells-taken over from Egypt in the Six-Day War-at Abu Rudeis, farther down the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian commando units were meanwhile dispatched to work their way behind Israeli lines and disrupt supply routes. They did it effectively. But as the battle went on, the Israelis returned the trick by sending nighttime commandos across the Gulf of Suez to swing round...
...Aviv command called its targets in Syria and Egypt "military and strategic." It said attacking Israeli jets hit Egyptian air bases at Khusna and Abu Hammad, 27 miles from Cairo...