Word: saudi
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Countries expressing an interest in Patriot missiles before the outbreak of war in the Gulf included Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel, United Arab Emirates, South Korea and the United Kingdom, spokespersons for the company said...
Raytheon, which must win a nod of approval from the U.S. Army and Congress before it can sell its missiles to foreign countries, most recently signed a contract with the U.S. Army to sell missiles to Saudi Arabia, Manes said...
...million contract promises delivery of eight new missile launching systems to Saudi Arabia before the end of the year, she said...
...Besides, it's usually great fun.) But it is not his war reporting that distinguishes him; rather, it is his eye for the bizarre, the mundane and the incomprehensible. During student riots in Seoul, while being pelted with roof tiles, O'Rourke took note of the spotless bathrooms. At Saudi gas stations, which have 58 cents-a-gallon gas and American-style rest rooms, he reported a problem with footprints on toilet seats. It seems not | everyone there is used to modern conveniences. And it may be O'Rourke has a thing for bathrooms...
...troops, who evidently rated a 10. The Soviet-trained Egyptian army, for example, was unable to adapt rapidly to fast-paced ground warfare. On one occasion Schwarzkopf had to request Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to order his troops into battle. Schwarzkopf also calls the Kuwaiti and Saudi ground forces the worst in the coalition, and he saves special criticism for inept Saudi army commanders, many of whom are members of the royal family. The allied chief preferred to deal almost exclusively with the Saudi air force...