Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With the eight-week-old truce, imposed by an Arab peace-keeping force dominated by Syrians, restaurants have begun serving after dark for the first time in months, and nightclubs like the opulent Casino du Liban are jumping once more. Movie theaters reopened with a run of The Exorcist-which most Beirutis found tame compared with the all-too-real horrors they had experienced during the fighting...
Several thorny problems await her at Commerce. She will be responsible for smoothing out problems that develop when the U.S. extends the twelve-mile fishing limit to 200 miles on March 1. There is also the question of legislation to deal with the Arab boycott of U.S. firms doing business with Israel. She must manage $2 billion in current public works spending, an amount that could grow with new economic stimulus. Finally, Kreps must look after the heavily subsidized but still sickly U.S. maritime fleet...
...Spain surrendered sovereignty over last year under strong United Nations pressure. Opposing are the 5,000 guerrillas of the Frente Polisario (for Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro, the two provinces involved). Polisario is fighting to gain independence for a new "Saharan Arab Democratic Republic" and the 100,000 people, mostly Reguibet tribesmen, it would represent...
Classic Guerrillas. The war shows no sign of ending, reports Beckwith, even though Morocco and Mauritania have lost about 1,000 men since last February. Other Arab governments-notably Saudi Arabia-have tried to work out a diplomatic settlement, so far without success. Supplied with East Bloc arms by Libya and Algeria, Polisario is able to struggle on from sanctuaries near the Algerian border town of Tindouf, where about 40,000 Saharoui refugees live in 22 camps. By helping the guerrillas, President Houari Boumedienne is able to keep a third of Archenemy King Hassan's Moroccan armed forces tied...
...just about the worst possible insult in the Islamic world. He implied that the eleven members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, who have announced a two-stage increase of 15% in the world price of oil, v. the 5% increase posted by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are playing into the hands of Israel. Said Yamani: "Israel has an interest in higher prices because they push the West to find alternative sources [of energy] and to end its dependency on the Arabs...