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Word: kuwait (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those words hardly comforted the leaders of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, which met last week in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh to coordinate defense strategies. The six -- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates -- fear that they will be drawn ever more deeply into the conflict. Iran has already launched Chinese Silkworm missiles against Kuwait. At the summit's opening, Saudi Arabia's King Fahd said the Iranians were "pointing their arrows to our chests instead of helping us to liberate Jerusalem from Zionist domination. There is no reasonable justification for this other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Arrows To Our Chests | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

...ties with Cairo when it made peace with Israel in 1979. Those relationships have now been restored. Next week Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has spoken of the "indivisible security" of his country and the gulf, will visit the region. Egyptian officers already train pilots and antimissile personnel in Kuwait. Although Cairo is not ready to station troops ( in the gulf, the renewed solidarity between Egypt and the Arab states sends a cautionary signal to Tehran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Arrows To Our Chests | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

NICOSIA, Cyprus--Syria has talked Iran into delaying its winter offensive against Iraq and ending attacks on Kuwait, Arab diplomatic sources said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Iran to Delay Offensive Against Iraq | 1/8/1988 | See Source »

...warships began to escort 11 U.S.-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in July to protect them from attack by Iran, which considers Kuwait an ally of Iraq...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Iran to Delay Offensive Against Iraq | 1/8/1988 | See Source »

...after signing its peace treaty with Israel. While Syria vetoed the re-entry of its archrival into the league, the communique declared that re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Egypt "is a sovereign matter to be decided by each state." Within days, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Kuwait had all renewed relations, and at least four other states were expected to follow suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Middle East A Radical Returns to the Ranks | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

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