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Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Google Search: "only Arab country"
  1. Mauritania was the only Arab country that maintained full diplomatic relations throughout the intifada.
  2. Oman is the only Arab country which is our neighbour because at certain points our territorial waters touch each other and from different sides of the Gulf.
  3. Palestine is perhaps the only Arab country which is governed by a real secular party, Fatah.
  4. Lebanon was for a long time the only Arab country in which presidents, prime ministers and ministers succeeded one another without the aid of bullets.
  5. Nor has the fact been lost on Washington that about the only Arab country that has so far shown a marked reluctance to let democracy take root is Syria.
  6. If al-Jaafari becomes the next Iraqi prime minister, then Iraq will be the only Arab country to be ruled by a Shiite.
  7. Egypt is the only Arab country that can boast of a commercial film industry. When people speak of 'Arabic films', they are referring to Egyptian cinema.
  8. Syria was the only Arab country to support Iran in the Iraq-Iran war.
  9. It was the only Arab country that openly supported the American invasion of Iraq almost two years ago that toppled the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.
  10. According to Palestinian sources and International Monetary Fund calculations Saudi Arabia is the only Arab country that has fully met its pledges.

Labels: Egypt, Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia

posted by John B. Chilton at 3/22/2005 06:21:00 PM

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