Word: iraq
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...negotiations with the Israelis. This week he is scheduled to meet with other Arab leaders in Algiers, and he will be obliged to prove to his more militant brethren that his policy of moderation, negotiation and trust in Kissinger is paying dividends. So far two Arab states-Libya and Iraq -have said that they will not attend the meeting; both oppose negotiations with the Israelis. Even Syria, Egypt's closest ally hi the October war, has refused to take the first step toward negotiation by exchanging prisoners of war with Israel. So Sadat will have his hands full trying...
...become necessary-to take even stronger measures." Last week Nixon offered a ray of hope that those measures indeed may be avoided. He said that there is "a possibility of some change" in the Arab strategy of reducing the flow of oil to Europe, Japan and other nations. Indeed, Iraq is already pumping oil at full capacity again. Yet the Arabs remain firm in their decision to halt all oil shipments to the U.S. in retaliation for its support of Israel...
...Syria, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait. Algerian President Houari Boumedienne dropped into Cairo, Damascus, Baghdad, Kuwait and Riyadh in an effort to arrange an Arab summit. Libya's Muammar Gaddafi warned of a return to war and urged the defeat of Israel; his cries were echoed by Iraq's President Ahmed Hassan Bakr...
...Saudi king long resisted calls by such firebrands as Libya's Strongman Muammar Gaddafi and Iraq's President Ahmed Hassan Bakr that the Arabs wield their "oil weapon" for political gains. But after Egypt and Syria invaded Israel last month, Feisal finally agreed to cut back the flow of oil. Later, when President Nixon announced that he would ask Congress to send Israel $2.2 billion worth of arms, Feisal exploded with rage and shut...
While threatening to cut off oil to their supposed enemies, the Arabs set out to reassure their Western friends of continued supplies. Libya, the first country to stop shipments to the U.S., promised to sell extra quantities to Austria, making up for oil from Iraq that cannot be delivered because the Syrian ports through which it moves have been closed by the war. The Libyan action apparently was a reward to Austria for its promise to close the Jewish refugee center. Algeria signed a contract to send huge quantities of natural gas to Italy through a pipeline to be laid...