Word: abu
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Radar Bombsight. Actually, the week began with the Israelis demonstrating restraint. Apparently appalled by the death of 80 Egyptian civilians in the earlier bombing of a factory at Abu Zabal (TIME, Feb. 23), Israel collared its pilots. When Israeli jets took to the air, they were restricted to unmistakable military targets, bombing SA-2 missile sites at Dahshur and Helwan in the Cairo perimeter and Egyptian installations along the Suez Canal. President Gamal Abdel Nasser also claimed that he was practicing moderation. When...
Egyptian pilots demanded to revenge Abu Zabal, Nasser revealed, he had refused on the ground that he did not "take decisions under the influence of emotion." Nonetheless, low-flying Egyptian jets-which do not have the range to hit cities in Israel and return to base -bombed Israeli positions along the canal...
...week's end, the Israelis finally explained the disastrous Abu Zabal bombing as "an incredible coincidence." The pilot was approaching the target at high speed and evading antiaircraft fire when his radar bombsight failed. While seeking his target visually, he saw reference points-an Arab village, long, low buildings, sand dunes and a road intersection -that looked exactly like those he had been told to look for as he approached a military base at Khanka. Actually, they were identical to features in Abu Zabal, two miles away from the intended target...
Burma's building is shaped like a royal catamaran barge, Hawaii's like a volcano, the Ivory Coast's like elephant tusks. Even the tiny Persian Gulf sheikdom of Abu Dhabi has a pavilion-because, the Expo guidebook notes, it "hopes to gain new friends in the world by taking part." Japanese Architect Kenzo Tange, in charge of overall planning, claims that he likes the clashing effects. The only building that really angers him, he says, is a traditional seven-story pagoda erected by Japan's Furukawa conglomerate...
...Before the month is out, President Nixon is supposed to reply to an Israeli request for 24 more Phantom jets and 80 Skyhawks to offset the sale of nearly 110 French Mirages and trainers to Libya. U.S. officials insisted that the Abu Zabal raid would not delay the decision. But a postponement would surprise nobody, for Nixon is bound to be faulted no matter what he decides. If he sells more jets to the Israelis, the Arabs warn that they might move against the American companies that now pump some $2.5 billion in oil from Arab wells annually. If Nixon...