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...Arabia supplied 25 percent of South Africa's oil. Since 1973, however, South Africa's oil suppliers have been classified. Despite this, the Shipping Research Bureau in Amsterdam, an anti-apartheid research foundation, found out that during 1979 and early 1980 South Africa received oil shipments from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Iraq, Qutar and the United Arab Emirates...
...Pravda for the Iraqis, accusing the Iranians of resisting a negotiated settlement. "Tehran's intention to continue the war until 'victory is won' is obviously accompanied by chauvinistic sentiments," said Pravda. In an odd partnership with strongly conservative gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman, the Soviets have begun to pressure their close ally Syria to reduce its support of Iran...
...members of the Gulf Co-operation Council: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman...
...South Korea and Western Europe (and Western Europe, by NATO definition, includes Greece and Turkey) from armed attack. It has a clearly enunciated pledge to use force if necessary to keep oil flowing to the free world from the Middle East. This implies a determination to defend Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan from threats external and internal. Six months of maneuvers and training exercises in Honduras, involving up to 5,000 troops at one time, underscore U.S. opposition to leftist revolution in Central America. The U.S. recently felt obliged to send AWACS planes to watch Libyan activities...
...Middle East is thick with U.S. forces just now. Beginning this month the area is the stage for Bright Star 83, maneuvers of an unprecedented breadth that will involve some 5,500 U.S. troops repelling imaginary invaders descending on Egypt, and for maneuvers in the Sudan, Somalia and Oman as well. Of the 14 U.S. AWACS planes now flying military reconnaissance missions abroad, eight are in the Middle East...