Word: pro-soviet
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...Indeed, Soviet diplomats, including Foreign Minister Gromyko, have indicated recently that the Kremlin is prepared to hold on in Afghanistan and wage a war of attrition against the insurgents as long as necessary to assure the survival of a pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. That could mean forever...
...Arab leader who had the imagination and courage to make peace with Israel. Beyond that, he had transformed Egypt, the most populous Arab nation, from a Soviet client to a steadfast U.S. friend. Under Sadat, Egypt played many pro-American roles besides rapprochement with Israel: it was a buffer and counterweight to the pro-Soviet and pro-terrorist Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi to the west; guardian of the Sudan to the south; defender of the Suez Canal; indispensable base and staging area for any U.S. forces that might have to be rushed to the Middle East to protect...
...port of Cadiz for a week. Shahpour Bahktiar, the French-educated politician who was jailed by the Shah but then served as his last Prime Minister, lives in exile outside Paris; he has no sizable following. Within Iran, most opposition groups now tacitly support the Mujahedin. The pro-Soviet Tudeh (Communist) Party has discredited itself for the moment by supporting Khomeini...
...officials were also concerned about the Iraqi reactor and its weapons potential, particularly since at that time Iraq was one of the most radical and pro-Soviet of the Arab states. In addition, the U.S. viewed Iraq as a dangerously disruptive force in the Middle East. Iraq had refused to sign an armistice agreement with Israel after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Thus Baghdad technically remained ?and remains today?in a state of war with Israel. Says one U.S. expert: "Our worries reflected the quality of the regime as much as specific [nuclear] programs...
While renewal has the backing of most party members-and of the population as a whole-it also has formidable opponents. At every Central Committee session, Kania and moderate supporters have had to slug it out with influential, pro-Soviet hard-liners who fear that their power and prerogatives, and possibly their very jobs, will be swept away by the reforms...