Word: iraq
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Those consequences could well have caused a thorough reshuffling of the entire deck of Middle East cards. The arguments by Arab moderates would be badly tarnished. The Soviet Union and "rejectionist" Arab states such as Libya and Iraq would gloat that they had long condemned Sadat's solo initiative as foolish and had warned fellow Arab nations against looking to the U.S. for satisfaction in their conflict with the Israelis...
...Ardeshir Zahedi, to open a dialogue with dissident mullahs. Sharif-Emami was expected to call this week on Ayatullah Sharietmadari, 76, the religious teacher who is regarded as the most powerful spokesman for the Shi'ite opposition. In addition, Ayatullah Khomeini, 80, a popular mullah exiled in Iraq since 1963, might be permitted to return home if he disavows the overthrow of the Shah...
Richard N. Frye, Aga Khan Professor of Iranian, said yesterday, "It's pretty predictable that the Saudis, Iranis and Jordanians will welcome" the agreement, adding that Iraq and Syria will...
...investigation into the Abadan fire. We have two people [suspects]. One was arrested in Iraq and handed over to us. But the investigation is progressing very slowly. It will take time and patience, because we are not using any methods; you know, it's been a long time since we stopped torture. So it takes a very long time...
Washington entered the game in 1955 with the creation of the Baghdad pact, a virtual invention of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who envisioned the alliance as a Southwest Asian counterpart of NATO. The original members, in addition to Turkey, Iran and Pakistan, were Iraq and Britain; the U.S. was an associate member. Iraq was dropped after a radical leftist government came to power in 1958, and the alliance moved its headquarters from Baghdad to Ankara. The diplomats and generals who renamed the organization CENTO presumably never bothered to check the dictionary, which defines "cento" as "a patchwork...