Word: gulfs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Saudi Arabia "are heroes." He promoted a fatwa, a religious decree, from clerics ordering attacks on Americans--military and civilian--around the world. And last May he called a press conference to announce the formation of an Islamic front dedicated to driving the U.S. out of the Persian Gulf area. It was the official birth of a loose coalition of Muslim radicals that has been around since the mujahedin war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan--where bin Laden's legend was born...
Terrorists know how to read weakness. So does Saddam Hussein. Six months ago, when Saddam blatantly violated the arms-inspection regimen he had agreed to after the Gulf War, Clinton let Kofi Annan broker a paper deal and called off the U.S. military buildup...
...design supplied by North Korea, whose missiles are notoriously inaccurate, and Iran may need an additional two years before it can deploy a rocket reliable enough for military operations. In a region full of perils, Shahab-3 is only one more potential menace. U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf can be hit by shorter-range Iranian Scud missiles. And Israel, which reacted calmly to the Iranian launch, already lies within range of Syrian, Egyptian, Saudi and Iraqi missiles...
...also was active on numerous committees, including one that issued the first report on the Persian Gulf War syndrome. Green left his position at the SPH in June...
...Abiola, once close to the military rulers, had bridged the gulf between the northern Hausa group (which dominates the military) and the Ibo and Yoruba groups that populate the wealthier southern regions. His loss leaves a void of candidates that could unite the fractious electorate of Africa's most populous nation in October's scheduled poll...