Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sandinistas openly profess solidarity with other revolutionary movements. On the outer walls of the Arab-Libyan cultural center in Managua are snapshots of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi reviewing troops. When Colombian terrorists raided the Palace of Justice in Bogota last year and had to be blasted out by government troops, the guerrillas were portrayed in the state- controlled Managuan press as victims of a governmentinstigated massacre...
...violent outburst was a sobering reminder of the potentially volatile problems that Mubarak faces. Over the past 4 1/2 years, he has enjoyed moderate success with his foreign policy initiatives, most notably raising Egypt's status in the Arab world, which had shunned the country after Sadat signed the 1979 peace treaty with Israel. But he has been less successful at home. Egypt's already shaky economy continues to suffer setbacks. Even before hotels were attacked last week, the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro last October and other terrorist incidents in the region had caused a severe drop...
...other diplomatic fronts, the Soviets are just as active. They are cultivating better relations with the conservative Arab states of the gulf, even as they whisper about the possibility of re-establishing full diplomatic relations with Israel. Turning eastward, the U.S.S.R. is looking for ways to build bridges to China and hinting that there might be a way to resolve Moscow's long-standing dispute with Japan over the islands the Red Army occupied late in World War II. The Soviets even made a bizarre eleventh-hour overture to Ferdinand Marcos, congratulating him on his "re-election" and seeking...
...killing came as a blow to Israel's national unity government, which, in ( a pilot project, had named Masri as the West Bank's only Arab mayor, after three years of military administration ended in the city four months ago. Both Israel and neighboring Jordan strongly condemned the murder, as did a spokesman for Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat. In the Syrian capital of Damascus, the P.L.O. faction known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the shooting. In Paris, however, a telephone caller to a Western news agency claimed responsibility for the shadowy...
...Tehran, the Iranian government is ballyhooing the bravery and tenacity of its troops. In the U.N. Security Council last week, Iranian diplomats remained unmoved as members of the Arab League pleaded for Tehran to withdraw to its own borders and agree to a ceasefire. Iran's leaders insist that there will be no peace until Saddam's militant regime falls. The Iraqi army can be expected to do everything necessary to prevent such a scenario...