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...U.S.S.R.: The Soviet Union says frankly that it is interested in preserving Iraq and does not want to see our country in a bad condition. At the same time, the Soviets say that what took place in Iran, after the fall of the Shah, has the meaning of a great change in international strategy. Iran lies on the frontier of the Soviet Union. We are not accusing or cursing the Soviet Union. Iran is. We are not following the Soviet Line. Iran is. The Soviets have targets and aims in the region, among them Iran...
Such a rapid, government-directed modernization helped topple the Shah of Iran, and has disrupted other traditional societies. Saudi Arabia has advantages, however, that should enable it to avoid a similar disaster. Unlike Iran, the population is culturally homogeneous, and shares more closely its own brand of Islamic religion. Moreover, the royal family is closely allied with the religious leaders and popular as well with the rest of the people. Nor is the kingdom beset by a teeming urban center with an underclass ripe for revolt. Observes one U.S. expert: "You really don't have the same economic strains...
...main force behind the Panjshiri guerrillas is former Engineering Student Ahmed Shah, 28, who operates under the name Massoud. The scion of one of Kabul's wealthiest families, Massoud first ran into trouble with authorities for being involved with Islamic groups. He has turned the valley into a virtually autonomous state, with independently functioning schools, finances, food distribution, prisons and security committees. He has managed to capture a sizable quantity of Communist supplies. As a result, all his guerrillas wear regular uniforms-Czechoslovak combat boots, fatigue pants and field jackets-and most are equipped with Soviet AK-47 rifles...
...Saudis insist that a revolution like the one that occurred in Iran could not happen in their country. But they do have a large Shi'ite Muslim minority, ethnic kin to Iranian Shi'ites, who have traditionally been disadvantaged. After the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979 and the startling uprising by religious extremists at the Grand Mosque in Mecca later that year, King Khalid acted to improve contacts with disaffected elements in his country...
...ceremonies inside Sanders Theater where they were held from 1876 through 1915--there were more things for University officials to worry about than an early June downpour. The year was 1968, and it was, Anderson says, "the start of student dissent," when Harvard students protested the appearance of Shah Muhammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran, whose speech was interrupted several times in an overcrowded Sanders...