Word: tunisia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Maghreb Unity. If Libya and the Sudan seemed mesmerized by Nasser, the other Arab states were finding him eminently resistible. Despite their ideological differences, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia-three states of North Africa's historic Maghreb-appeared to be moving toward closer relations again. Boumedienne is shuffling Algeria's ambassadors, and has warned them that henceforth they will be graded on how much they foster commercial relationships rather than on how well they spout anti-Israel rhetoric...
...severe strain and exhaustion. Even Chancellor Brandt, who possesses an exceptionally rugged constitution, became exhausted from poring over diplomatic dispatches and consulting with foreign policy advisers. He fell victim to the flu epidemic that is sweeping Europe (see MEDICINE), spent a few days in bed, then flew to Tunisia for a two-week vacation...
...send our armies to the front line," retorted Algeria's President Houari Boumedienne. "You can't do that yourself. Most of your officers are in jail." The Arab leaders finally approved the mobilization plan, but with nothing approaching unanimity. The vote was 9 to 4, with Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Saudi Arabia opposed and Kuwait abstaining...
Police said the group, led by a stunning 22-year-old girl who used to teach school in Lebanon, had apparently intended to divert the Tel Aviv-to-New York flight to Tunisia. There the Boeing 707 was to have been evacuated and blown up in an attempt to persuade TWA to stop flying to Israel. Though the plot failed and the three now face possible life imprisonment under Greece's tough new anti-explosives law, it was one more example of how Arab terrorists are increasingly exporting violence to the airports and office buildings of Europe...