Word: oman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Indian Ocean, where they outnumber 29 Soviet vessels, twelve of which are fighting ships. Seven specially fitted cargo ships are stationed at Diego Garcia and equipped with enough supplies to keep a 12,000-Marine amphibious brigade fighting for a month. Agreements have been made with Kenya, Oman and Somalia to start construction next year of port facilities and airfields that U.S. forces can use in a crisis...
Fortunately the U.S. did have some sway with the Saudis themselves and with their neighbors the Omanis. To its credit, the Administration worked quickly and quietly behind the scenes to dissuade Saudi Arabia and Oman from making their airfields available to Iraqi planes and thus exposing themselves to Iranian retaliation. But that accomplishment was offset by the Administration's inability to prevent King Hussein of Jordan, a longtime friend of the U.S., from throwing in his lot with Iraq...
...enemies of the Arab people," according to Iraqi reports. Jordan's King Hussein publicly applauded the attack. Kuwait's official news agency, which reflects the views of the ruling family, adopted a hawkish, pro-Iraq stand. To varying degrees, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Oman all jumped on the Iraqi bandwagon...
Among the small gulf states, Dubai appears to be genuinely neutral, evidently because of its large Persian minority. The other United Arab Emirates, as well as Oman, Qatar and Bahrain, all root under their breath for Iraq. Despite apprehensions about Saddam Hussein's long-term military and political ambitions, they sense a more imminent threat from Iran. Bahrain in particular is nervous about Tehran, not only because the mullahs have revived ancient Iranian claims to its territory but because Bahrain's Sunni Emir rules a population over half of whom are Shi'ites...
...OMAN. Ten years ago, Oman (pop. 800,000) was one of the most underdeveloped nations in the Arab world. It had only three elementary schools, a handful of doctors and nurses, and was ruled by tyrannical Sultan Said bin Taimur, who hoarded state revenues (all in gold) in the basement of his palace. Finally, his Sandhurst-educated son, Qaboos, then 29, staged a palace coup and set about bringing the country into the 20th century. Today Oman boasts 375 schools and 14 modern hospitals. A rebellion in the Dhofar region, fanned by Marxist South Yemen, has been snuffed...