Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ready to go to Riyadh to talk with the Saudi leaders, but the Saudis quickly rebuffed him and brought an abrupt end to his proffered friendship. In a stinging speech the next night, Sadat reverted to form and assailed the Saudis as well as Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and Syrian President Hafez Assad. Shouted Sadat to a meeting of provincial officials: "I will never surrender Egypt's will to make her own decisions to the lunatic Gaddafi, the bloodthirsty Hussein, the traitor Assad or to the Saudis, who are at once afraid of the Palestinians...
...savage fighting has been taking place throughout Kurdistan, in northwestern Iran. To rout Kurdish guerrilla forces, the army and air force have bombed the provincial capital of Sanandaj, killing hundreds of civilians and causing extensive damage. Fearing even greater trouble ahead, many Kurds are reported fleeing westward toward the Iraqi border...
...Persian Gulf. These strategically placed islands have traditionally been claimed by the United Arab Emirates, but in 1971 they were seized by the Shah's forces, following Britain's military withdrawal from the gulf. Iraq has vowed to bring the islands back under Arab control, meaning Iraqi control, and on this point enjoys the support of the entire Arab world. Comments Kuwait's influential newspaper al Qabas: "As Arabs we cannot but be on the Arab side-that is, the side of Iraq...
...Iraqi attack on the islands would probably lead to outright war with Iran. In that event, it would be hard to predict the outcome of the struggle. Iraq's population is only a third the size of Iran's, and Baghdad would suffer from the fact that the three disputed islands lie 490 miles away from its border, at the opposite end of the Persian Gulf. On the other hand, Iraq's armed forces are believed to be the second most powerful in the region, after Israel's, while those of Iran have lost manpower, equipment...
...kibbutz raid was the work of the Arab Liberation Front, an Iraqi-based organization affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization. The timing could hardly have been worse for the Palestinian cause, which has lately been gaining support on the diplomatic front while downplaying its terrorist image. P.L.O. officials in Beirut indicated that they had not even been forewarned of the attack...