Word: arab
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...main problem in Cairo was that too many of the Arab states distrust each other's intentions in Lebanon. Specifically, many of the leaders were unhappy about the 21,000-man Syrian force that President Hafez Assad had dispatched to Lebanon; initially sent to impose an armistice between the warring factions, the Syrians later sided with the rightist Christians in battles against the Moslem leftists and their Palestinian allies. In Riyadh, the Arab leaders agreed that some or all of the Syrian troops would be part of the new peace-keeping force, which is to be bankrolled largely...
...Minister Saadun Hammadi, whose government had sent 2,000 troops into Lebanon on the Palestinian side, demanded the full withdrawal of Syrian forces from the country. He denounced the Riyadh pact authorizing them to become part of the post-armistice force. Hammadi's demands plunged the first major Arab summit in two years into a bitter dispute...
...odds with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, spoke glowingly of "this good land of Egypt" and praised "my brother Sadat." Lebanese Delegate Najib Dahdah attacked Hammadi for interfering in the internal affairs of his country-ignoring the fact that Syria has interfered considerably more than Iraq. In the end, the Arab League members-with Iraq voting against the Riyadh endorsement-agreed on a plan that will allow Lebanon's President Sarkis to choose soldiers from any state that offers them. So far, troops have been offered by Saudi Arabia, North and South Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Libya...
...amount of military aid that Jerusalem should request from the U.S. (Peres wanted more than Rabin) and the disengagement with Egypt in the Sinai (Peres wanted greater concessions from Egypt in exchange for a pullback of Israeli forces). Following the recent riots in Hebron, in which both Arab civilians and Israeli soldiers were injured, Rabin publicly attacked Peres' Defense Ministry for its administration of the West Bank...
...lull to start any significant oil-conservation programs, or to develop alternative sources of energy rapidly enough. Indeed, they have grown even more dependent on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; the U.S., for example, now imports about 40% of its oil, v. 29% before the time of the Arab embargo in 1973. Now, the consuming countries are about to pay the OPEC piper for their neglect. In mid-December, oil ministers of OPEC'S 13 member nations will gather in Qatar. "Are we going to hike our prices?" asks Iran's Hamid Zaheri, OPEC spokesman. His answer...