Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have just returned from doing anthropological research in Israel and found your story on the complexities of that country's society accurate. But there are two issues oh which Israelis are united: Jerusalem and the West Bank. Never again will Jerusalem be divided, nor will Arab guns point down into the Plain of Sharon from the West Bank hills...
...Iraq enter the tournament after completely dominating the Asian division. Both faced their toughest competition at the regional level before moving to the continental competition, where they were the only teams to go undefeated. Iraq came out of a tough Middle Eastern division containing Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. In close round-robin competition between the three nations, Iraq was the only nation to survive without a loss. Qatar actually finished behind Kuwait in its first round competition, but moved into the final qualifying round with a vengeance. Allowing only one goal in four games, Qatar stormed...
Tensions were further exacerbated over an incident involving a suspected Arab terrorist. The man, whose name is believed to be Fuad Hussein Shara, was suspected by American and British intelligence officials of planting a suitcase containing a bomb on a commercial flight from Athens to Tel Aviv. The bomb did not go off. Greek authorities failed to press charges against the man and allowed him to leave the country. But they expelled an American CIA agent for obtaining evidence illegally by breaking into the Athens apartment of Shara's unwitting British woman friend...
...sharp reminder that the gulf region is the scene of an escalating arms race, partly as a result of the Iran-Iraq war. One of Kuwait's primary concerns is that Iran might launch air attacks against Kuwaiti oil refineries, loading facilities and desalination plants. Other gulf Arab countries have similar fears. As a result, billions of dollars of American, British and French weapons have been flowing into the area. Underlining the climate of uncertainty in the gulf, the British tanker Renown was struck last week by Iranian air-launched missiles. Ironically, Renown had been steaming to unload Iranian...
...week's strike on the Primrose came about 120 miles east of that zone in an area that had been relatively free from air strikes. This extension of the tanker war to the waters of the lower gulf raised questions about the safety of shipping near the United Arab Emirates, a country that has tried not to get actively involved in the long and bloody Iran-Iraq dispute...