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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...visitor is led through splendid rooms of marble and teak, thick carpets and crystal chandeliers. This is the Diwan--seat of power in the oil sheikdom of Qatar--and the guest arrives at the inner sanctum to find hushed courtiers awaiting the moment His Highness, the Emir, will favor the chamber with his presence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE ROYAL ON THE GULF | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...Saudi Arabia (there may be as many as four air bases in Saudi Arabia alone, but the U.S. refuses to give the exact number). A naval station in Bahrain, headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet, is host to 32 ships, including a carrier deck full of warplanes. Kuwait and Qatar have each agreed to store enough armor, artillery and supplies for an entire brigade of U.S. soldiers; a similar accord with the United Arab Emirates is in the works. And finally, the U.S. is constructing a "noose" of five air bases around the region that could help stifle any provocations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHY THE BIG U.S. BUILDUP IN THE GULF IS SO RISKY | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

...world flocked to Rabin's funeral and mourned him as a martyr to peace. King Hussein of Jordan and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, the two countries that have signed peace treaties with Israel, delivered eulogies. Government ministers from Morocco and the Persian Gulf emirates of Oman and Qatar attended too, even though these Arab states have no diplomatic relations with Israel. The generous sprinkling of red-checkered kaffiyehs and flowing Arab robes among the black mourning wear of Jews gave Israelis watching the funeral on TV visual proof of how far Rabin had progressed in ending Israel's isolation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NO PEACE AT HOME | 11/20/1995 | See Source »

...EMIR OF QATAR In a belated observance of Father's Day, the Emir is ousted from power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Jul. 10, 1995 | 7/10/1995 | See Source »

Thousands of U.S. troops continued to stream into the Persian Gulf region, despite surer signs of retreat by Saddam Hussein's forces. This morning, Saudi Arabia and five smaller oil nations -- Oman, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait itself -- began deploying much of their 19,000-man "Peninsula Shield" in Kuwait, enough to match the number of U.S. forces now on Kuwaiti soil. Meanwhile, the U.S. operation's Central Command tells TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompson that Iraq's forces are in close to full flight back north -- including what is believed to be the best of Saddam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAQ. . . SCARING OFF SADDAM | 10/12/1994 | See Source »

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