A View from the Rimland: An Appraisal of Soviet Interests and Involvement in the GulfCentre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham, 1981 - 98 pages |
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Page 41
... Iraqi military control , these developments nevertheless gave substance to US Defence Department claims that Moscow had been granted base facilities there . However , in February 1975 , two American journalists , Rowland Evans and ...
... Iraqi military control , these developments nevertheless gave substance to US Defence Department claims that Moscow had been granted base facilities there . However , in February 1975 , two American journalists , Rowland Evans and ...
Page 46
... Iraq's forcible occupation of the Kuwaiti border post of Al - Samitah ( Figure 5 ) . This post is significant , in that it overlooks the major Iraqi naval port of Umm Qasr and commands the sea approaches to the port from the Gulf . Iraq's ...
... Iraq's forcible occupation of the Kuwaiti border post of Al - Samitah ( Figure 5 ) . This post is significant , in that it overlooks the major Iraqi naval port of Umm Qasr and commands the sea approaches to the port from the Gulf . Iraq's ...
Page 60
... Iraqi regime is moving away from Moscow politically . Despite the fifteen - year Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with the Soviet Union , Iraqi leaders have made it abundantly clear that they accept no tutelage by any foreign power ...
... Iraqi regime is moving away from Moscow politically . Despite the fifteen - year Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with the Soviet Union , Iraqi leaders have made it abundantly clear that they accept no tutelage by any foreign power ...
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