Word: houari
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ordeal had already lasted ten days when the door of Kuwait Airways Flight 422 swung open at Houari Boumedienne Airport in Algiers. Out stepped a frail- looking man, as a caravan of ambulances, police cars and fire trucks stood by below. After being led down the ramp by a doctor -- and a hooded gunman who quickly ran back inside -- Djuma Abdallah Shatti, a 55-year-old Kuwaiti, told of harsh conditions inside the blue-and-white Boeing 747. "Praise be to God, I am fine," said Shatti, who is diabetic, "but they had me tied up all the time...
...becoming convinced that the Soviets were seeking to fish in troubled waters. I learned from our Ambassador in Amman, Dean Brown, that the Soviets had urged Jordan's King Hussein to enter the battle. Later in the day an appeal by Brezhnev on similar lines to President Houari Boumedienne of Algeria was made public. "We can't let the Soviet Union get away with this," I told the WSAG. I warned Dobrynin against encouraging other nations to enter the conflict...
...freedom flight touched down in Athens for refueling and then headed for Algiers. It landed at Houari Boumedienne Airport in a rainstorm. In the glare of television lights, Bruce Laingen, the chargé d'affaires at the Tehran embassy, led Kathryn Koob and Elizabeth Ann Swift, who wore the familiar yellow ribbons in their" hair, down a ramp and into the arms of the normally undemonstrative Christopher. Despite beards, the faces of some of the men reflected their exuberance...
...image of Algeria as a militantly pro-Soviet regime has gradually changed since the death of President Houari Boumedienne from a rare blood disease two years ago. His successor, President Chadli, 51, has pragmatically tried to improve relations with the West. Moreover, relations with Moscow have cooled since the invasion of Afghanistan, and there are signs that Algeria wants to escape from its dependence on the U.S.S.R. for military equipment...