Word: arabistan
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There are signs that Iraq's political objectives have broadened. Saddam apparently wants to "liberate" oil-rich Khuzistan, which has a predominantly Arab population and is known to its inhabitants as Arabistan. Iraqi officials now offer their "private opinion" that the war will result in an autonomous Arabistan with close ties to Baghdad...
...effort to complete the two-lane high way before the rainy season next month. Beyond its immediate military value, the undertaking suggests that the Iraqis intend to settle in for a long stay and are perhaps even preparing a direct communications network between Iraq and a future Arabistan...
...hostages who had been caught) unless the Tehran government would agree to their demands. These included the release of 91 Iranian Arab political prisoners currently held in Khuzistan and the granting of some measure of autonomy to their oil-rich home province, which the Arab separatists prefer to call Arabistan...
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