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...Saudi Arabia, seems to be creating just the same kinds of situations that brought crisis and resentment after the fall of the Shah of Iran. Indeed, as we look at the confrontation building up in the Middle East, with the rapid deployment of U.S. naval forces in the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf, we are witnessing just the kind of scenario that experts have long predicted would be the most probable path for beginning a nuclear war. This was recently reinforced by reports of a Defense Department study claiming that adequate defense in the region would...
...superpowers prowl the Indian Ocean "We have the preponderance of power. If it were to start tomorrow, it would be over in a day." So concluded a senior Pentagon official last week, referring to a potential U.S.-Soviet naval clash in the now strategically critical Indian Ocean, where mighty armadas of the two superpowers warily stalk each other. So far, U.S. Navy Task Force 70 clearly rules the Indian Ocean's waves. Though the total number of ships fluctuates as vessels rotate in and out of Camel Station (as American sailors have nicknamed the area...
...emissaries, reported that they made five general points: 1) the U.S. is committed to resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict peacefully, with special efforts toward settling the question of Palestinian rights; 2) the U.S. is upgrading its military presence in the area, including its facilities in the Indian Ocean, and is prepared to engage in joint military exercises with friendly forces in the region; 3) the U.S. would Like, specifically, to cooperate with Saudi Arabia in the interests of mutual security; 4) the U.S. is pledged to defending Pakistan against Soviet invasion; and 5) the U.S. has an interest...
...crewmen, most, of them Tunisians, had pulled away in two lifeboats, their luggage neatly stowed. Six minutes later the tanker's stern lifted; it went down in a churning maelstrom of spray and debris, plunging nearly two miles to the bottom of one of the Atlantic Ocean's deepest trenches...
...million fund (to be matched by money from industry) for work in automotive technology. He would finance this work with revenue from the windfall profits tax stalled in Congress. Additionally the National Science Foundation (NSF) will receive $700 million over ten years to join major oil companies in sponsoring ocean drilling programs...