Word: arabia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bases and the start the shipment of significant new armaments to countries in the region, all add up to a dangerous and rapid drift to war. To easily seek military alliances with repressive regimes like that of Marshal Zia ul Haq in Pakistan, or the royal family in Saudi Arabia, seems to be creating just the same kinds of situations that brought crisis and resentment after the fall of the Shah of Iran. Indeed, as we look at the confrontation building up in the Middle East, with the rapid deployment of U.S. naval forces in the Indian Ocean, the Arabian...
...Saudi Arabia's domestic problems and its oil policy are inextricably linked. Progressive members of the royal family, including Fahd, have argued that current high production levels (9.5 million bbl. per day) are necessary to stabilize the world oil market and assist important allies like the U.S. At the current price of $26 per bbl., Saudi Arabia's oil revenues could surpass $90 billion this year...
...final descent. Then a Liberian official charged that the 42-year-old captain was not even a certified master: he was carrying the forged license of a Pakistani engineer. One year earlier, moreover, Georgoulis was allegedly involved in the mysterious sinking of a freighter carrying sugar for Saudi Arabia that was blown up off the coast of Lebanon...
...American-accented voice at the other end. "That's all right, mon," allowed the lady. "You'll tell 'em at the dock?" the American continued. "No trouble, mon." The conversation became progressively more surreal until the Statian woman inquired: "Where you callin' from, mon?" "Saudi Arabia. Where are you, for Pete's sake?" "St. Eustatius, mon." "St. What...
...Italian-West German consortium, counter that the fast-breeder's electricity will be competitive with oil-generated power. The bonus, says Giscard, is that "if uranium from French soil is used in fast-breeder reactors, we in France will have potential energy reserves comparable to those of Saudi Arabia...