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Those words hardly comforted the leaders of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, which met last week in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh to coordinate defense strategies. The six -- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates -- fear that they will be drawn ever more deeply into the conflict. Iran has already launched Chinese Silkworm missiles against Kuwait. At the summit's opening, Saudi Arabia's King Fahd said the Iranians were "pointing their arrows to our chests instead of helping us to liberate Jerusalem from Zionist domination. There is no reasonable justification for this other...
When it comes to keeping cool in public, Prince Charles and Diana have few rivals. But even the royal couple found themselves wilting a bit last week as they began a ten-day tour of Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in 92 degrees heat. "It's a sudden shock, arriving after a long flight coming from the English winter," confessed the perspiring Prince. Diana, for her part, was kept in the shade, both physically and socially, reflecting the local tradition of keeping men and women separate. During a visit with the Omani Women's Association, the Princess witnessed...
...enhance its security on the ground, the kingdom has fashioned a force called Peninsular Shield with its five partners in the Gulf Cooperation Council. Together with Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia has assembled a 5,000-man force stationed in King Khalid Military City near the border with Kuwait. Built in typically opulent Saudi style, the complex can hold 70,000 troops. But its ability to withstand attack is questionable at best. Says one military analyst: "If the Iranians were not distracted by Iraq, the odds would be heavily in Iran's favor...
...force Guerrero and Bertoux to help open the safe. The take, an estimated $9.5 million in cash and valuables, was the largest theft of its kind in France since 1980, when burglars took $10.5 million from the Cannes home of Prince Abdel Aziz bin Ahmed al Thani of Qatar...
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...