Arab world: where troubles for U.S. never end.

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: February 6, 1984 | Copyright information

To the U.S., caught up by turmoil in Lebanon, the sprawling Arab world is a region of endless trouble and vital importance--of war and hostility that could spawn a superpower confrontation or endanger American prosperity.

It is a world filled with stark contrasts: Opulent penthouses and squalid refugee camps, modern-day computer programmers and women hidden behind veils just as they were centuries ago.

The 21 Arab nations stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to ...

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