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...Saudi Arabia have been trying to persuade the other Arab nations to lift the oil embargo in recognition of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's effort to arrange an Arab-Israeli settlement. But they had met strong opposition from Algeria, Syria and especially Libya, whose leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, is the Arab world's most vehement critic of the U.S. Those nations would not even attend a meeting two weeks ago in Cairo that was supposed to proclaim what most of the Arab governments already had privately decided: that the embargo should be lifted. Algerian President Houari Boumedienne...
...order to preserve the show of unity, Gaddafi permitted the meeting to take place, but he proved a less than gracious host. According to Egyptian newspapers, he showed his displeasure by sending in a huffy note declaring that, "I will not have Libya tarnished by having an announcement on lifting the oil embargo against the U.S. issued in Tripoli." Reportedly, the ministers nevertheless reached a compromise proposed by Algeria: the embargo will be lifted soon, but that decision will be reviewed in two months. If, in the Arab view, the U.S. has not kept up sufficient pressure on Israel...
...nothing was certain. Though Arab leaders agreed that a meeting of oil ministers should be held to discuss lifting the embargo, they seemed in conflict on whether it should be in Cairo on Sunday or Tripoli on Wednesday. It is unlikely, though, that Libyan Leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, a blunt critic of the U.S., would permit a meeting in Tripoli that was likely to lead to an elimination of the oil cutoff. Algeria, Kuwait and Syria were also opposed to ending the boycott. Some of the other Arab states would probably agree to a compromise-perhaps lifting the embargo...
...found charisma to strengthen Arab unity. He played a major role in Lahore, Pakistan, last week as delegates from 38 nations met for a quinquennial Islamic summit. As expected. Middle Eastern issues dominated the agenda. The Islamic leaders -including Saudi Arabia's King Faisal, Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi, Algerian President Houari Boumedienne as well as Sadat and Assad-issued a strong demand for the eventual return of Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem...
...controlled in 1967. In expectation of that symbolic gain, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat last week nailed the outcome of the war as "the first genuine Arab victory in the past 500 years." At President Sadat's side, significantly, was Libya's maverick strongman Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who had gone to Cairo to make a surprising public apology for having criticized Egypt's conduct of the war and its subsequent negotiations with Israel...