Word: regionals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...collapse of Kissinger's latest efforts, which the Administration blamed more on the Israelis than on the Egyptians, may provoke a debate over the Middle East. Ford ordered a complete review of U.S. foreign policy, with special attention to that region. One target will be Israel's request for $2.5 billion in aid, which the Administration plans to scrutinize closely and may well scale down before making a recommendation late this month to Congress. The Israelis are confident that their congressional supporters will be more generous. But at this point, they seem likely to be proved wrong. Said House Republican...
...shares the basic principles, morality and free way of life of the U.S. I believe that a strong Israel is an asset to the U.S. in the Middle East. If I look backward, I see that the support of the various administrations has not harmed the U.S. in this region. I'd say the opposite. Despite the U.S. supply of arms to Israel during the Yom Kippur War, the gates of Cairo and Damascus later were opened to an American President. The Arabs realize that the U.S. is a factor in any effort to bring about a real political...
...known as the second most powerful man in the country; he had the additional advantage of being the senior member of the "Sudeiri seven"; among 31 surviving sons of Ibn Saud, this sep tet has the same mother, Hossa, a member of the powerful Sudeiri family from the Najd region of central Arabia...
Faisal had a reverence for desert ways, and strove mightily to keep alien influences from corrupting his kingdom. He had seen it founded, after all, out of a backward region of the crumbling Ottoman Empire. In 1932 his crusty father, Ibn Saud, after a series of skirmishes that ended in his defeat of Sherif Hussein of Mecca (great-grandfather of Jordan's present King Hussein), established the kingdom. Ibn Saud had 36 sons but he took an early liking to Faisal, partly because the youth displayed a notable fighting spirit and an ability to carry out his father's orders...
...Soviet Union and its Comecon partners are already importing small quantities of high-priced Middle Eastern oil, mainly from Iraq, Iran and Libya. Hence the Soviets are in a rush to develop new Siberian fields. They must invest lavishly in expensive Western equipment and drill in a remote region where operating costs will be high...