Word: persianism
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...White Balloon" is the story of a seven-year-old child who, on the eve of the Persian New Year, sees a beautiful goldfish in a pet shop window. Fish are an elemental part of the Persian New Year celebration, which occurs on the first day of spring and lasts for thirteen days. The goldfish in the pet shop is expensive for the family's rather modest income. But with the help of her brother, the little girl, Razieh (Aida Mohammadkhani), convinces her mother to buy the fish for their New Year ceremony...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Iraq has rebuilt its military into a formidable, highly-skilled force that is now the foremost short-term threat in the Persian Gulf, the chief of the U.S. Central Command said Tuesday. General Binford Peay III appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee to request that the lawmakers not reduce U.S. military forces or decrease their overseas presence. Peay described Iraq's army as the most modernized and most powerful in the region, despite the fact that it has less than half the 51 divisions it had before the Persian Gulf War. "What we have in Iraq...
...subject caused his star to fall, and he left the Administration in 1987, flirting with the idea of running his own insurrectionary campaign for the White House. He got into hot water again with Jewish groups in 1990 after he questioned President Bush's motives in the Persian Gulf War. "There are only two groups that are beating the drums for war in the Middle East--the Israeli Defense Ministry and its amen corner in the United States...
...plane is underpowered, and the main wing provides a lot of lift, but is very long in relation to the length of the fuselage. The performance envelope is just very narrow; its an unforgiving airplane." This most recent crash of the multi-million dollar airplane occurred in the Persian Gulf early Thursday, and caused no loss of life. Last Sunday another F-14 splashed down into the Pacific about 120 miles from southern California, killing its two crew, and on January 29, an F-14 augured into a residential neighborhood in Nashville after takeoff, killing the crew and three people...
MANAMA, BAHRAIN: A bomb blast ripped through the lobby of the Diplomat Hotel in the capital of this small Persian Gulf nation on Sunday evening, injuring at least 4 people. The Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain, a radical Shiite group claimed responsibility for the bombing and threatened more attacks after the holy days of Ramadan end next week. Bahrani officials accused the Shiite Iranian government of sponsoring the bombing and encouraging terrorism, but the Iranians denied the charge. The attack is part of the Front's campaign against the Al Khalifa royal family which represents the emirate...