Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While in the past Americans have met Iraqi opposition on a range of security issues, Mylroie says that U.S.-Iraqi rapprochement is not as far fetched as one might think. She points out that Iraq played a critical role in the Arab decision last year to recognize Egypt formally after that country's peace arrangement with Israel. Iraq also supported Chad in its war against Libya and welcomes the U.S. reflagging of Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf...
...provided his country as a reward for his support. As for Egypt, the participants were eager to mend relations with the Arab world's most populous and powerful state so that Cairo's 450,000-man army could be held up as a counterbalance to the Iranian threat. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, dressed in military garb and packing a revolver, called for a "rallying of Arab ranks in the face of the common danger...
According to sources at the Amman summit, the Syrian-Iraqi reconciliation implied by the condemnation of Iran will take concrete form in the next two weeks. Diplomatic relations will be restored, common borders will be reopened, and a dialogue between the governments will begin. For the moment, however, ! Syria is not severing its alliance with Iran. Foreign Minister Farouk Shara'a said, after the summit ended, that "Syria is against condemning Iran because it wasn't the beginner...
...summit proceedings. The two men, who are rivals for leadership of the region's socialist Baath movement, refused to shake hands, exchange words or even look at each other. But after hours of delicate mediation by other Arab leaders, the atmosphere thawed. At one point, when the Syrian and Iraqi Foreign Ministers were deadlocked over a U.N. resolution calling for a cease-fire in the gulf war, Jordanian Foreign Minister Taher Masri went to Assad's suite to discuss the problem. Clad in his pajamas, Assad made a key concession -- he agreed to accept the resolution without changes demanded...