Word: arabize
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...suicide bombings and 14 dead - finally shoved the issue back onto Wall Street's radar screens, with the markets ignoring encouraging words from the housing and manufacturing sectors to notch a down day for the the Dow. And Tuesday the fears solidified when Iraq urged its oil-producing Arab neighbors to "use oil as a weapon against the enemy" and cut the U.S. off without a drop...
...little danger to the global oil supply. OPEC, for one, has steered clear of any Saddam-style threats, and seem to realize that it still has more to lose by declaring economic war on the U.S. than it has to gain - particularly with George W. Bush busy courting Arab nations to support his war on terrorism...
...invasion of Iraq depends on the support of Washington’s traditional Arab allies—Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and Kuwait. First, it makes things easier logistically because the U.S. would need to use Saudi and Kuwaiti airspace. More importantly, Washington needs to assure the Arab people that an attack against Iraq is not a war against them all. If America goes it alone, then Saddam will suddenly transform from pariah of the Persian Gulf into messiah of the Middle East...
...However, Arab leaders cannot afford to support an invasion against Iraq during the siege of Palestinian cities. The greatest source of contempt toward the U.S. in the Arab world is Washington’s one-sided approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rightly or wrongly, Arabs blame the United States every time an Israeli soldier maims a Palestinian civilian. The billions of dollars of U.S. foreign aid that pour into Israel every year and Washington’s refusal to put pressure on Israel when it uses excessive force have led Arabs to believe that the U.S. is complicit...
Given the polarized status of Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy, such a proposal is not likely to succeed without international support. This support would be stronger if it came not only from the U.S. and the West, but also from the Arab League and from moderate Palestinians. Only a bold proposal from Israel that gives fair incentives to the Palestinians can lead to lasting progress in the struggle for Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace...