Word: arabian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...child, his parents indulged his fascination with the exotic by reading him stories of the Arabian Nights. A few years later he was poring over foreign comic books...
...that the White House designated Poindexter to look into the idea, and he named North as liaison with Israel. In any case, the Israeli businessmen were authorized by Peres to resume contacts and strike a deal with the Iranians. The executives turned to Adnan Khashoggi, a famed Saudi Arabian wheeler-dealer and an extremely wealthy businessman. He got a long shopping list from Tehran that included Hawk antiaircraft missiles and radar-guidance equipment for them, antitank missiles, and spare parts for jet fighters...
...that terrorized Paris in September and to free the French hostages held in Lebanon. In pursuit of these goals, France reportedly was also in the midst of negotiating an arms deal with Syria, though last week French officials vigorously denied it. Still, Interior Minister Charles Pasqua told a Saudi Arabian newspaper that there was now "real collaboration" between French and Syrian intelligence services to fight terrorism. He added that France's Syrian friends were "pained and shocked" to hear themselves accused in the Paris bombings...
...start of the fractious meeting it seemed that any agreement might be scuttled by Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali Khalifa Al-Sabah and his Saudi Arabian counterpart Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, OPEC's two richest members, had insisted on bolstering their production by some 10%. In the end, Saudi Arabia accepted no increase for itself and instead offered to donate its share of the 200,000 bbl.-a-day production hike to Kuwait...
Sccord has acknowledged giving the Contras advice, but "has steadfastly denied that he is a conduit or a middleman for Saudi Arabian aid," said his lawyer Tom Green...