Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...autonomy talks back on track, although he made no concessions that would pave the way toward an early agreement on that issue. In a clear-cut signal of support for Jerusalem, Shultz warned that the U.S. would withdraw from the U.N. General Assembly if that body voted for an Arab-backed move to exclude Israel...
...Worried Arab rulers want U.S. help, but not if it is too obvious...
...than 20% of the U.S.'s oil imports, 56% of Western Europe's and 68% of Japan's come from the gulf. That lifeline is acutely vulnerable to the disruptions of war, revolution and political turmoil. The region has been beset by all three. The conservative Arab states-Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman-face threats to their security at every point of the compass: a simmering, potentially explosive war between Iran and Iraq, armored Soviet divisions in Afghanistan, Soviet proxy forces in South Yemen, and the growing militancy of Islamic fundamentalists...
...such, it is the object of as much resentment as reliance. The gulf rulers are afraid that Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin's determination to annex the West Bank is at least as likely to plunge the region into chaos as are the combined threats of Arab radicalism, Islamic fundamentalism and Soviet adventurism. In that respect, they see the U.S. as part of their problem rather than part of the solution. Therefore the dilemma: even the most pro-Western leaders in the region have been reluctant to cooperate closely and openly with American policies that are intended to bolster...
Part of the problem is that the U.S. seems incapable of conducting military maneuvers quietly, without jarring the sensitivities of the moderate Arabs and setting off backlashes. Last year's Operation Bright Star rushed 4,500 R.D.F. personnel to Egypt with great fanfare and the highly publicized spectacle of B-52s bombing targets in the desert. This year, when the Pentagon began planning a new war game, code-named Jade Tiger, Washington discovered that Cairo was reluctant to play. In addition to resenting last year's headlines, the Egyptians were miffed because, in their view...