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...Houston, a seemingly tireless Conwell, an oil-equipment salesman who now resides in Oman, said he had belatedly discovered that he was being criticized for his apparently pro-Shi'ite remarks. He noted reports that the White House had preferred that he not speak at Andrews base and that the President's men were relieved when Captain Testrake was asked to become the new spokesman. Once the hostages were freed, Conwell agreed, it made sense to have the captain act as spokesman...
...Amal militiamen who had taken them away from the original hijackers, and their appearance did not contradict those assertions. Three hostages were interviewed by ABC's Charles Glass at the end of lunch in what looked like a pleasant seaside cafe near Beirut. Conwell, who lives in Muscat, Oman, went so far as to assert that "many in our group have a profound sympathy for the cause" of their Amal captors, namely freedom for 745 Lebanese held in an Israeli prison...
...spokesman for the hostages seemed straight from central casting: a square-jawed, clear-eyed Texan named Allyn Conwell. An oil company executive based in Oman, Conwell was returning from a vacation in the U.S. Showing more aplomb in captivity than Cool Hand Luke, he calmly beseeched his captors and the U.S. alike to "put aside fear, anger and insult" and "let us go home...
Sayyid Sami Bin Hamad Hamood, a businessman in Oman whose family had long traded in frankincense and myrrh, asked Robert to create Amouage. The two substances are resins that slowly ooze out of several varieties of trees and shrubs growing in the deserts of Oman. By combining them, Sayyid Sami is reaping the third fabled gift: gold...
Ever since fighting broke out between Iran and Iraq more than four years ago, six countries on the Persian Gulf-Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates-have been concerned about the potential threat the war poses to their oil interests. The heads of those nations, which formed the Gulf Cooperation Council in 1981, met last week to take out a sort of insurance policy against any damaging spillover from the war. After a three-day meeting in Kuwait's palatial conference hall, built especially for this summit, the leaders announced plans for the creation...