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...japed and jested like a group of sophomores about to be reprimanded for a prank. But for some of them, the humor led straight to the gallows. The men were among the 25 terrorists accused of attempted murder and conspiracy against Kuwait after seven bombs rocked the oil-rich gulf state one morning last December, leaving 60 wounded and five dead. "Long live justice!" cried one relieved young man among the spectators as Chief Judge Ghazi al Sammar declared five of the defendants not guilty. But in the course of his 15-minute verdict, Sammar dispensed sentences of from five...
...worldwide repercussions will be severe. Iran has fielded a half-million man army. Casualty estimates run into the tens of thousands. Iraq now seems to be using deadly mustard gas on a large scale. And a victory for the fundamentalist regime of Ayatolah Khomeini would directly threaten the oil-rich kingdoms of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Jordan...
...odds with the provinces over education, health care, and energy issues. Trudeau's attempts to address the country's linguistic divisions by legislating bilingualism and giving French official language status antagonized the English-speaking provinces at a time when the Prime Minister was demanding more concessions of these same oil-rich Western provinces. All this from a man whose political power base was decidely French, Eastern, and generally anti-business...
...Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah surprised U.S. officials with a declaration that the Marines ought to be getting Israeli forces out of Lebanon; publicly at least, the Saudis now seem to be less concerned that the U.S. is taking sides in the Lebanese maelstrom. Nonetheless, Saudi Arabia, like the other oil-rich states of the Persian Gulf, is always worried about any U.S. moves that might be construed as giving a boost to their three most feared enemies: Syria, Iran and the U.S.S.R. Said a member of the foreign ministry from one of the gulf states: "We do not want...
Israeli officials have told TIME that the new Reagan-Shamir agreement included a "secret unwritten understanding" under which the U.S. would concentrate on protecting the oil-rich Arab gulf states against Iran, while Israel would help the U.S. handle the Syrian threat in Lebanon. According to the Israeli sources, Shamir also indicated that he would try to discourage Jewish groups in the U.S. from opposing American efforts to bolster moderate Arab governments...