Word: arabia
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Your articles about the sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia make it seem as if the only issue was Israel's security. The major point is that we have sold sophisticated secret equipment to an unstable regime that still countenances slavery, mutilation and racial and religious prejudice. Saudi Arabia is run by a benighted oligarchy that is likely to be overthrown in the near future, with the weapons we have sent them falling into hostile hands. Moreover, the Saudis have shown little willingness to cooperate in finding some rational and fair solution not only to the continuing Middle East...
P.L.O. officials also warned that Israel was planning an imminent assault on southern Lebanon, ostensibly to weaken Palestinian artillery positions. Some feared an attack could come this week as Arab leaders gather for a summit meeting in Fez, Morocco. The most likely item on their agenda: Saudi Arabia's eight-point peace plan, which calls for a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, while implicitly recognizing Israel by upholding the "right of the countries of the region to live in peace." An Israeli move into southern Lebanon would almost certainly scuttle the Saudi peace plan...
Those abroad and at home protesting the nuclear-arms race have a genuine concern. The Israeli anxiety following the U.S. decision to sell Saudi Arabia the AW ACS planes and support systems is real. The Soviets are not as familiar as American moviegoers with the charm and warmth of the man in the White House. Careless and casual talk about war is about their only measure...
...flowing arbayas of Bedouin chieftains, Saudi King Khalid, Crown Prince Fahd and Prince Abdullah sat in a sumptuous lounge at Riyadh International Airport last week and awaited their royal guests. One by one, special jetliners landed, carrying the rulers of the five Persian Gulf nations that, along with Saudi Arabia, constitute the Gulf Cooperation Council (G.C.C.).* Fahd and Abdullah emerged onto the shimmering tarmac to greet each arriving sheik and sultan, then escorted him in to meet the King. While white-robed Saudi national guardsmen, armed with machine guns and golden daggers, looked on, the rulers exchanged embraces and sipped...
...focus of much of the trouble was the eight-point plan put forward in August by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Fahd. The plan envisions creation of an independent Palestinian state on the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, with predominantly Arab East Jerusalem as its capital. But the plan also hints at recognition of Israel's right to exist, and that has belatedly aroused Washington's interest...