Word: djibouti
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...operation that in a modest way resembled the Allied evacuation at Dunkirk during World War II. As savage fighting between Marxist factions spread throughout the desert country, about 5,000 foreigners were transported from Aden, at the southern approach to the Red Sea, to the former French colony of Djibouti, 150 miles away...
...lives of so many foreigners suddenly threatened, the Soviets cooperated with the British and other Western embassies in evacuating refugees. The Soviets even dispatched a liaison officer to the British royal yacht Britannia; he remained on board as the ship helped one group of evacuees after another get to Djibouti. The vessel had been bound for New Zealand to be on hand for Queen Elizabeth II's visit there next month, but was quickly recruited for the rescue operation. Other British naval vessels, including the frigate Jupiter, were not allowed by the South Yemenis to sail within the twelve-mile...
...week's end an international military operation was under way. Britain was sending four minesweepers and a support vessel, with a total of about 200 men, and France was sending two minesweepers and a support ship, in addition to three warships stationed in Djibouti. The U.S. had sent a 15-man team of mine-warfare experts two weeks ago, and last week dispatched four Sea Stallion helicopters, support equipment and about 200 men to join the search. Their mission was not just to destroy the mines but to find and analyze them first. A Sea Stallion, flying...
...semi-suave ectomorph who will chase any nubile starlet, whether it requires a descent into a sea of polyester leisure suits at the Americana Hotel or a lengthy sojourn in a Ukrainian cafeteria in the east twenties. Though craven in the utmost, he dashes off to Djibouti or Jakarta at a moments notice, spewing out words along the way like "henbane," "anchor," "parlous," "jardiniere" as well as an occasional "zounds" or "sweet-patootie". A cultural sponge that oozes erudition and arcana, he recalls Yeats in the same breath that he expounds on an ancient tooth powder advertisement. No matter what...
...condemning infibulation. I refer to the address presented at the 1979 Conference for Women in Lusaka, by the delegate from Somalia, Mrs. Edna Ismael: "Female circumcision ranks high in the list of preventable health hazards and affects almost 100 per cent of the female population of Somalia, Sudan and Djibouti, and to a lesser extent the females of Southern Egypt, Chad, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Ethiopia and Mail, just to name a few." Islam is the religion of Somalia and most of the other countries concerned...