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s (UAE) may be moderating its stance on Iran. Besides speculation that secret talks between the UAE and Iran over an unresolved islands dispute in the Persian Gulf are close to a successful conclusion, the ruler of EFTA00676565 Dubai and prime minister of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al- Maktoum, has p
his words never matched his deeds. Many observers thought he would get out ahead of the young Syrian peoples' call for reforms, akin to what King Mohammed VI of Morocco did. Instead, he listened to the ruling clan and confronted peaceful protestors with the armed might of the EFTA00676557 Syrian milita
d and security to the point where individual freedom could easily be contemplated. After all, over the past half century, Arabs from the Maghreb to the Persian Gulf experienced epochal social, economic, technological and demographic transformation: it was only the politics that lagged behind. And while good aut
the Middle East, monarchy has found a way over the decades and centuries to engender a political legitimacy of its own, allowing leaders like King Mohammed VI in Morocco, King Abdullah in Jordan and Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman to grant their subjects a wide berth of individual liberties without fear of
ood and security to the point where individual freedom could easily be contemplated. After all, over the past half century, Arabs from the Maghreb to the Persian Gulf experienced epochal social, economic, technological and demographic transformation: it was only the politics that lagged behind. And while good autoc
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032194 →in the Middle East, monarchy has found a way over the decades and centuries to engender a political legitimacy of its own, allowing leaders like King Mohammed VI in Morocco, King Abdullah in Jordan and Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman to grant their subjects a wide berth of individual liberties without fear of b
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032196 →Entities connected to both the Persian Gulf and Mohammed VI

Barack Obama
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Tehran
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United States
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George W. Bush
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Lebanon
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Bashar al-Assad
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Bill Clinton
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Yemen
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Hosni Mubarak
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Saddam Hussein
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Hillary Clinton
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Marc Rich
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Middle East
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Damascus
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Tunisia
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Bahrain
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Jerusalem
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Cairo
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