Word: hussein
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...most immediate obstacle to the plan's success is King Hussein's insistence that the Soviet Union attend an international conference at which negotiations would take place. Because the Soviet Union's agenda for the Middle East is suspect, Hussein's position has elicited strong opposition. Yet the position is understandable given Jordan's difficult relations with less-moderate Arab neighbors...
...idea of the international conference is dividing the Cabinet along party lines, for reasons that have as much to do with internal politics as international politics. King Hussein of Jordan is said to want the Soviet Union in attendance at such an "umbrella" conference. He reportedly thinks that he needs their presence to protect him from the wrath of less conciliatory moderate Arab leaders. He has made it clear that he will not meet with the Israelis unless the Soviets have a seat at the conference table...
Peres, who has met often, though unofficially, with Hussein over the years, said he believes that such a conference is the only hope left for peace in the region. He has said that he has received assurances that the Soviets will not seek to play a major role in any conference and that Israel would have the right to leave the conference at any time...
...seven- year war between Iran and Iraq. The two sides had been expected to stop fighting at least until the Secretary-General's visit ends this week. But after only a three-day lull, Iraqi warplanes attacked Iranian cities and industrial sites in what Iraqi President Saddam Hussein called a "day of revenge" for Iranian missile attacks on Kuwaiti targets the week before. Iran, meanwhile, said it could not "take the risk" of observing an unconditional cease-fire, as called for by a U.N. Security Council resolution two months ago. If Perez de Cuellar's mission fails, the next step...
...being loaded with Iranian oil. In the central gulf, they attacked an oil-loading facility on the island of Lavan. In the north they bombed and strafed the island of Farsi, used by Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a base for speedboat assaults against gulf shipping. Said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein after the first wave of air raids: "From now on we will strike them on the sea and destroy all the economic arteries that finance their aggression...