Word: iraq
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...protector of the Moslem shrines in Mecca and Medina, Faisal had a certain claim to spiritual leadership within Islam. But in an era when kings were being overthrown in Egypt, Iraq and Libya, Faisal's ambitions for political leadership in the Arab world were sharply challenged, most notably by Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, the secular prophet of a new kind of Arab nationalism. The two strong-minded leaders clashed directly only once before Nasser's death in 1970. After Yemen's Imam Badr was ousted in a Republican coup, Nasser sent in Egyptian forces to support the new regime...
...Iraq has gratefully received more than $1 billion of arms aid from Moscow since 1973. In an effort to counterbalance U.S. influence in Iran, Moscow signed an agreement with Teh ran last February that may ultimately involve $3 billion worth of Soviet industrial and agricultural projects...
Nonetheless, the Russians have a few problems of their own in the Middle East. They have yet to decide on how much military hardware to send to Egypt, whose President continues to proclaim his friendship for the U.S. The rapprochement of Iran and Iraq might lead to a lessening of the Soviet Union's influence within the Baathist government in Baghdad. The assassination of King Faisal removes a staunch anti-Communist from the scene, but 'may increase the stature of another strong anti-Communist mon arch in the area, the Shah of Iran. In general, there is little...
...leading oil producer (averaging 9 million bbl. per day last year, v. 8.5 million for Saudi Arabia), domestic and Eastern European demand will outstrip output by 1980. The Soviet Union and its Comecon partners are already importing small quantities of high-priced Middle Eastern oil, mainly from Iraq, Iran and Libya. Hence the Soviets are in a rush to develop new Siberian fields. They must invest lavishly in expensive Western equipment and drill in a remote region where operating costs will be high...
Apparently the Shah did not anticipate that the Iraqis would move against the Kurdish rebels with such haste and ferocity. At week's end Iraq, at Iran's request, declared a two-week cease-fire to allow dissident Kurds to leave the country. After that, Baghdad vowed, it would use every military force to crush the rebellion once...