Word: feisal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...politics don't mix," Saudi Arabia's King Feisal once proclaimed, brusquely rebuffing arguments that he should cut off oil to nations that supported Israel. In the energy-crisis years of the '70s, however, oil and politics not only mix; they form an entirely new -and dangerously explosive-element in the equation of world power. That reality was made all too plain last week by Feisal himself. Speaking more strongly than ever before, he very clearly warned the U.S. that its support of Israel might be at the price of Saudi oil -oil that the U.S. will...
...Other Measures." Coming from an Arab conservative who has always been considered one of America's good friends, Feisal's words were, despite their restrained tone, particularly chilling. "As friends of the U.S. and in the interest of maintaining and cementing this friendship," he said in an interview with NBC, "we counsel the U.S. to change its one-sided policy of favoritism to Zionism and support against the Arabs. We are deeply concerned that...
...Feisal's words were not warning enough, Libya took another in a long series of actions designed to gain control of its oil. The regime decreed that Libya would nationalize 51 %-enough for full control-of five major oil companies operating in the country, including properties owned by Exxon, Mobil, Texaco, Socal and Shell. The Libyan government also declared that the companies must raise the price of oil from $4.90 to $6 a barrel. If the oil companies give in to Libya, they may be forced to make similar deals with oil nations in the Persian Gulf...
There was gray-bearded Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, one of the world's longest-reigning monarchs, and Fidel Castro of Cuba, still the archetypal revolutionary in his olive-drab uniform. There, too, was King Feisal of Saudi Arabia, exiled Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, President Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India and scores of others...
Under pressure from Arab diplomats who mediated between the guerrillas and government officials in Paris, the French reluctantly agreed. The Arab diplomats, however, had trouble finding an airline willing to fly the terrorists, and the delay made the gunmen edgy. Trying to ease the tension, Kuwait Ambassador Feisal Saleh Al-Mutawa stood on the curb outside the embassy and through a megaphone pleaded with the terrorists to be reasonable. Explaining the difficulties in arranging for a getaway plane, he shouted: "We couldn't contact the Arab Foreign Ministers in Algiers during the night. They were sleeping." Retorted the gunmen...