Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...flatly told the officials that there wasn't any. Clifford became chairman of the bank, renamed First American, and his law partner, Robert Altman, became president. Clifford regularly briefed Abedi on the U.S. firm's operations. When queried on the briefings, Clifford explained that B.C.C.I. as adviser to the Arab owners of First American needed to know about the banking company...
...advisers late Thursday night, and they checked it out with the allies in another round of phone calls beginning just after midnight. Everyone agreed that the latest proposals amounted to little more than stalling by Saddam in hopes of indefinitely delaying the ground offensive that they believe (and that, Arab diplomats close to Baghdad confide, Saddam also believes) will lead to a decisive military victory. As British Prime Minister John Major put it Friday afternoon, "It's time for ((Saddam)) to stop fooling about. We are not prepared to be strung along...
...Bush Administration has explained its alliance with brutal Syrian dictator Hafez Assad as a move to bolster the Arab coalition against Iraq. But government sources have disclosed that the U.S. forged an opening to Syria more than nine months before the invasion of Kuwait. The quiet initiative began with a letter from President Bush delivered to Assad by special envoy Vernon Walters in 1989. The Administration then reached an understanding with the Syrians that Damascus would not obstruct U.S.-sponsored peace talks between Israeli officials and Palestinians. In return, Walters pledged that Washington would tolerate Assad's strengthening...
...Arabism is the most precious thing every Arab has. It is the spirit which kept us going through the years. It is in our blood, in our souls. We will live and die to maintain...
...behalf of the Arab masses--who, contrary to what you think, are united, regardless of their leadership's positions--I would like to say, WE ARE ARABS AND WE ARE PROUD...