Word: basra
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Progress. As the plane neared the Middle East, new problems began to appear. After Beirut and Damascus airports refused landing permission (probably in fear of later Israeli reprisals), the 747 flew on to the Iraqi city of Basra, near the head of the Persian Gulf. The terrorists might well have received a warm reception at the hands of the Israeli-hating Iraqis, but Basra's airport was too small to allow the jumbo jet to land. Finally, the plane landed at Dubai, one of seven tiny states that make up the United Arab Emirates, at the mouth...
...forces. Chou received a delegation of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Peking last week, and the Chinese chargé d'affaires in Baghdad has reportedly promised the guerrillas unlimited aid. Chinese aid so far has consisted mainly of small arms that are shipped to the Iraqi port of Basra and trucked overland to Jordan...