Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BEIRUT--An American hostage said in a videotape dropped off by his kidnappers yesterday that he had three other men, including two Americans, will be killed if Israel fails to release 400 Arab prisoners within 24 hours...
Israel indicate yesterday it was willing to discuss the swap of an Israeli airman missing in Lebanon for the release of the 400 Arab prisoner, a proposal advanced Saturday by Nabih Berri, head of the main Shiite Amal militia and Lebanon's justice minister...
...release of 17 presumed Shi'ites who are serving prison sentences for, among other things, terrorist attacks on the U.S. and French embassies in Kuwait. Three other Americans, Joseph Cicippio, Frank Reed and Edward Tracy, are said to be held by groups called the Revolutionary Justice Organization and Arab Revolutionary Cells-Omar Moukhtar Forces...
...soldiers. Since beginning its offensive in December, the Iranian army has made small gains south of Fish Lake, a 120- sq.-mi. area flooded by the Iraqis as a defensive barrier. Iran has also made incremental progress southeast of Basra in the marshy terrain along the Shatt al Arab, a strategic waterway that affords access to the Persian Gulf. The new toehold has enabled the Iranians to bombard Basra from closer range...
After the Arab-Israeli war of 1973, the Arab states were eager to expand their arsenals. Moreover, the rise in oil prices gave them billions to spend on whatever weapons they desired. "That's when the middlemen like Khashoggi really started to make their killings," says one Middle Eastern arms dealer. "It was the gold rush of the 20th century. Every con man in the world was in Arabia." Between 1970 and 1975, Lockheed alone paid Khashoggi $106 million in commissions. During this same period, he is said to have collected hundreds of millions from other corporations. Khashoggi, says...