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What worried the Coast Guard and a 150-member group of experts from eight federal agencies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency, was the oil's elusive quality. In contrast to other major spills, which usually move on the surface of the water, much of this oil has weathered, sunk and is moving along as deep as 40 ft. below the surface. The sausage-shaped rubberized barriers that were towed into place by the Coast Guard to protect the beaches extend only less than 3 ft. below the surface. Said John Robinson...
Last week tensions flared between Washington and Jerusalem, based on growing Israeli suspicion that U.S. dependence on Arab oil was shifting American priorities in the Middle East. Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan warned in an interview that the Carter Administration was undertaking a review of strategy toward the Palestinians that amounted to not just an erosion but a shift in U.S. policy toward Israel, to Israel's detriment. It was a result, he said, of "American concern about economic and energy problems, concerns about quantities of oil and prices...
...P.L.O. that set off the Israelis this time seemed to be an intricate power play orchestrated by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the P.L.O. The shape of this three-pronged diplomatic maneuver launched earlier this summer had become apparent only a short time earlier: 1) The Saudis had raised their oil production by 1 million barrels a day in early July on a three-month basis, thereby easing the shortage that had led to gas lines in May and June in the U.S 2) The P.L.O. had seemingly adopted a far more moderate policy line than it usually takes. 3)Kuwaiti...
Toward that end, Fahd argued that the P.L.O. should curtail its terrorist activities for a time, while the Saudis offered the U.S. their million-barrel-a-day oil production bonus-or "Fourth of July present," as King Khalid described it at the time. Kuwait was brought in on the deal to make use of the abilities of its representative on the current U.N. Security Council, Ambassador Abdalla Yaccoub Bishara...
...diplomatic strength of the moderate Arabs has been bolstered in recent weeks by improving ties between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, the world's leaders in both current oil production and in known reserves. Saddam Hussein has just emerged as the anti-Communist ruler of Iraq, crushing his opposition in the process; only last week his government executed 22 people, including several top officials, for alleged sabotage. Like the Saudis, the new Iraqi rulers are acutely worried about the risks of terrorism. So they are particularly anxious to reduce the chances of P.L.O.-inspired violence...