Word: iraq
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...oldest in the Middle East?and 250,000 Christian Armenians. Although there have been no overt signs of antiSemitism, the Ayatullah's known antipathy to Zionism and Israel raises fears among Jewish families that there could be a repetition of the purges that took place in Egypt and Iraq after 1948. Khomeini has repeatedly assured Iran's minorities that their rights will be protected. Last month he sent a large floral wreath to the new "Hagh Horn," the leader of the Jewish community, with a note of assurance: "We are brothers living next to each other. It is only...
...certainly be heard, since his words and his impressive organization have kept a revolution aflame. At once simple and complex, that organization made impressive use of tape recorders and telephones to disseminate a political message suffused with an ancient spirituality. From the start of his exile in Turkey and Iraq in 1964, Khomeini laid the groundwork for the revolution in talks with his students. Taped cassettes carried his messages back to the mosques in Iran, and to Iranian student organizations around the world...
...Saudi Arabia has helped to make up for the loss of Iran's oil by boosting its own output nearly 30% to some 10.3 million bbl. a day, close to the maximum that it is presently possible to pump from the Saudi fields. Iraq, Nigeria and Kuwait have also increased production somewhat. Right now, total world production is off by about 2 million bbl. a day. That is roughly equal to about 4% of global petroleum consumption, or more than enough to supply all the daily needs of Britain or Canada...
...Jordan's changing relations with Iraq: They are much improved. There is no possibility of Iraq's threatening Kuwait. We don't think Iraq would take advantage of the current instability in the region...
...impact of the change of government in Iran: Bakhtiar has said that Iran will not be a policeman of the Persian Gulf region. That is wise of him; no one wants him to fill that role. That leaves Iraq, and I consider the Iraqis much more vicious than the Soviets. You know that the Iraqis consider Kuwait to be an Iraqi province; I would not be surprised at any time to hear that they have taken it over. As for Egypt, its commitment to defend [Kuwait and Saudi Arabia] the moment they are attacked still prevails and will continue...