Word: kuwait
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...equal with Hussein, Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser and other heads of government of the 14-nation Arab League. His guerrilla movement has received unstinting praise from socialist leaders like Nasser and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and ample funds from conservative rulers in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. But the radical guerrillas are something else. They raise the specter of Arab fighting Arab rather than Israel. With the Jordanian events as a leading item on the agenda, Gaddafi last week welcomed other leaders to an impromptu Arab summit in Tripoli. Although some invitations went out scarcely a day before...
...Woodward & Lothrop in Washington, D.C., John Wanamaker in Philadelphia, Marshall Field & Co. in Chicago and Halle Brothers in Cleveland. The bridal suite at the Springbok Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, features a Sagittarius as its prime attraction, and others are on order for hotels in France, Germany and Kuwait...
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the oil-rich countries that bankroll much of the war against Israel, were incensed by extravagant demands for more funds. Yemen and South Yemen resented the fact that the summit focused entirely on Israel; they had hoped to air their own border disputes with King Feisal of Saudi Arabia...
...rich Arab states-Libya, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait-substantially increase the $356 million yearly subsidy that they already pay Egypt, Jordan and Yasser Arafat's guerrillas...
...proposal caused consternation. Saudi Arabia, citing heavy defense costs, objected to the higher subsidy. So did Kuwait, claiming recession troubles. In one exchange, Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who had gained power in a recent coup, urged Algeria to dispatch more men to Egypt. "It's all very well for you to tell us to send our armies to the front line," retorted Algeria's President Houari Boumedienne. "You can't do that yourself. Most of your officers are in jail." The Arab leaders finally approved the mobilization plan, but with nothing approaching unanimity. The vote...