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	Persian Gulf Arab States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Persian Gulf Arab States are a group of six Arab countries that border the Persian Gulf.
		The Persian Gulf states all have significant revenues from oil and gas and have considerably small local populations.
		The Arab states of the Persian Gulf share a regional culture that is sometimes referred to "khaleeji (gulf) culture".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Persian_Gulf_Arab_States (383 words)

	Persian Gulf States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Persian Gulf States, also called the Gulf States (which may cause a confusion with the Gulf States of the United States, which are those along the Gulf of Mexico), are the countries in Southwest Asia or the Middle East which border the Persian Gulf.
		Many people use the term "Persian Gulf States" or "Gulf States" to refer to the Persian Gulf Arab States, the countries in the southern shores of the Persian Gulf, excluding Iran (Persia - which forms the northern part of the Persian Gulf) and Iraq (which has a short 58 km shore).
		These countries form the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (previously known as Gulf Cooperation Council).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Persian_Gulf_States (194 words)

	Kuwait Introduction - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		The ruling families in the Persian Gulf states represent shaykhs (see Glossary) of tribes that originally settled particular areas; however, governmental institutions steadily have taken over spheres that previously fell under the purview of tribal councils.
		The boundaries of the Persian Gulf states were considered relatively unimportant until the discovery of oil in Bahrain in 1932 caused other gulf countries to define their geographic limits.
		The Persian Gulf War brought with it, however, the realization that the GCC was inadequate to provide the gulf states with the defense they required.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/kuwait/kuwait_history_introduction.html (4128 words)

	Persian Gulf - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Persian Gulf, arm of the Arabian Sea, southwestern Asia, between the Arabian Peninsula on the southwest and Iran on the northeast.
		Persian Gulf States, ten states in eastern Arabia, located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf.
		- gulf of the Arabian Sea, with Iran to its northeast and the Arabian peninsula to its southwest.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Persian_Gulf.html (137 words)

	The Persian Gulf and its name
		Persian Gulf bordering Iran (Persia), Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman, with an area of 240,000 km, and a maximum depth of 90 metres, while the average depth is 50 metres.
		The Persian Gulf is surrounded by Iran (Persia), the predominant state in terms of population, and seven Arab states: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
		The Persian Gulf is bounded by the Shatt al-Arab waterway in the north, which forms the frontier between Iran and Iraq, and the Strait of Hormuz in the south, which connects it to the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean.
	users.cjb.net /persiangulf/historya.htm (996 words)

	Persian Gulf States - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Persian Gulf States, ten states of the eastern Arabian Peninsula, located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf.
		The various small states along the Persian Gulf, meanwhile, came under the influence of Great Britain after the 1850s, becoming protectorates after...
		Kuwait (country), independent state on the north-western coast of the Persian Gulf.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Persian_Gulf_States.html (163 words)

	Oman - Military Capabilities of the Persian Gulf States
		Although in every case the gulf armies are much larger than the air forces and navies, the ground forces have traditionally been oriented toward counterinsurgency actions and the protection of the ruling families.
		Except for the officers and men who were briefly exposed to modern military operations during the Persian Gulf War--and in the late 1960s and first half of the 1970s during Oman's war with Dhofari guerrillas and their supporters in the PDRY--most have not faced actual combat situations.
		Defense expenditures of the gulf states are among the highest in the world relative to population.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-9726.html (1058 words)

	Persian Gulf States - INDEPENDENCE
		The British were concerned that rulers of the weaker gulf families would yield some of their territory under pressure from more powerful groups, such as the Al Saud or the Ottomans.
		However, the British were bound to the gulf by treaties and so remained in the region, but it was clear by the 1960s that they sought to leave the gulf.
		Powers beyond the gulf coast also had an interest in the state to be formed.
	countrystudies.us /persian-gulf-states/15.htm (2240 words)

	Persian Gulf States Qatar - Historical Background
		The state was built using mostly foreign labor and expertise, with funding from oil revenues.
		The General Treaty of Peace of 1820 between the East India Company and the shaykhs of the coastal area--which became known as the Trucial Coast because of the series of treaties between the shaykhs and the British-- was a way of ensuring safe passage.
		The disruption of food supplies caused by the war prolonged a period of economic hardship in Qatar that had begun in the 1920s with the collapse of the pearl trade and had increased with the global depression of the early 1930s and the Bahraini embargo.
	www.country-studies.com /persian-gulf-states/qatar---historical-background.html (2964 words)

	The Persian Gulf of the Millennium:
		This paper briefly summarizes and examines the evidence that the eight states of the Gulf, as they approached the turn of the century, were experiencing a slow-motion crisis that had the capacity to transform their domestic politics, their relations with each other, and their relations with extra-regional powers.
		The Arab states of the Gulf found themselves in the 1970’s with almost limitless financial resources, but their populations were too small and lacked the training and experience to undertake the massive and urgent tasks of nation-building.
		The personal nature of state bookkeeping was dramatically illustrated after the palace coup in Qatar in June 1995, when it was discovered that a substantial portion of the state revenues were held in private accounts in European banks in the name of the former amir and were inaccessible to his son, who replaced him.
	www.emayzine.com /lectures/crisis.htm (6596 words)

	Kuwait
		The area that constitutes the present-day Persian Gulf states was on the immediate periphery of the rise of Islam.
		As a result of these truces, the Arab side of the gulf came to be known as the "trucial coast." This area had previously been under the nominal control of the sultan in Oman, although the trucial coast tribes were not part of the Ibadi imamate.
		Most of the gulf states place restrictions on citizenship, requiring that an individual trace his or her roots in the country to before 1930.
	www.jdunman.com /u/xx/mu (19872 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Persian Gulf states have heightened security of pipelines and oil fields
		Terrorists in a dinghy in the Persian Gulf could launch missiles at offshore rigs or Saudi fields, some of which are just a few miles inland.
		Even in the case of state overthrow somewhere in the Middle East, she said, the flow of oil would be likely to continue.
		Oil fields in the United States and most of the rest of the world are running close to full capacity, except, as luck would have it, in the Persian Gulf.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntm14721.htm (866 words)

	Middle East Online
		All the Gulf states need to do is donate one day's equivalent of their oil income, a Kuwaiti commentator suggested Wednesday.
		Issa, who had earlier described the contributions of the region's governments as "shameful," called on Gulf states to "donate the oil income of one day in aid to the victims" of the December 26 disaster, which has killed at least 146,000 people and left millions in need.
		Al-Qabas, a liberal Kuwaiti daily which slammed Gulf states for their meager aid on January 2, on Wednesday ran a front-page advertisement appealing to the public for donations.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english/?id=12349 (822 words)

	Persian Gulf States Bahrain - Society
		The first institution of higher education in Bahrain, the Gulf Polytechnic, was established in 1968 as the Gulf Technical College.
		The newest institution, the Arabian Gulf University (AGU), was established outside Ar Rifaa in 1984 and funded by the six member countries of the GCC.
		The forty-five-bed American Mission Hospital, operated by the United States-based Arabian Mission of the Dutch Reformed Church, is the oldest hospital in the country and is one of the oldest on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf.
	www.country-studies.com /persian-gulf-states/bahrain---society.html (911 words)

	The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Persian Gulf states' economies blazing
		DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In the United States, the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are seen as the catalyst for a period of fear, war and economic worry.
		But in the oil-rich countries of the Persian Gulf, Sept. 11 is increasingly viewed as the event that kicked off a galloping economy, when Arabs divested from America and reinvested at home.
		Gulf Arabs are also less likely to send their children to U.S. universities — at least to their U.S. campuses — due to tougher immigration procedures as well as worries about hostility in America.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/businesstechnology/2002452766_gulfboom26.html (1028 words)

	Persian Gulf states now more open about AIDS
		The problem of AIDS concerns only the local segment of populations in the Persian Gulf Arab states because expatriates are obliged to undergo tests for a number of diseases, including Tuberculosis and the AIDS virus.
		In the Persian Gulf Arab region, first cases of HIV were reported in 1984, but intensive efforts to stop the disease from making inroads into the local populace began only in recent years.
		Among the steps the Arab states have taken to combat the AIDS menace are: mandatory screening at blood banks, creation of anti-AIDS units and various educational campaigns.
	www.payvand.com /news/00/dec/1091.html (1073 words)

	Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handbook Series/ Qatar (Persian Gulf States) / ...
		Tribe and State in Bahrain: The Transformation of Social and Political Authority in an Arab State.
		The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf.
		Footnotes in the Sand: The Gulf in Transition, 1953-1958.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /frd/cs/qatar/qa_bibl.html (1964 words)

	History Channel Search Results
		ten states, SW Asia, on the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf.
		In 1968 the British government declared the intention of withdrawing all British military forces from areas E of the Suez Canal, including the Persian Gulf States, by the end of 1971.
		Fearing the exposure of their territories, the states formed (1969) the Federation of Gulf Emirates, which was ineffective.
	www.historychannel.com /thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=219005 (214 words)

	Persian Gulf Online
		Earlier this month (around Feb. 20) there was a reference on the PGTF list to the apparent abuse of scientific and academic conferences and forums by certain Persian Gulf states with a hidden agenda of promoting the name A..
		The suspicion was that these sources hope to plant a "virus" by making sure that all the correspondence and documentation generated by the conference which are carried back to the countries and academic communities all over the world make numerous references to A...
		Gulf, etc. Along with that discussion someone mentioned The Gulf 2000 Project and an initial research/analysis about Gulf 2000 project was requested.
	www.persiangulfonline.org /research/gulf2000.htm (428 words)

	Persian Gulf States In Danger Of Terrorist Overspill - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		These factors are present to some degree or other in most Gulf States, suggesting the possibility that overspill from conflicts in Saudi Arabia and Iraq may affect the other Gulf Cooperation Council states.
		Terrorist actors may be unwilling to disrupt their logistical use of the UAE by carrying out attacks there, but local security services are relatively inexperienced at detecting and disrupting cell activity, and it would only take a single incident to cause a considerable loss of confidence in the UAE.
		Exposed expatriate communities in the other smaller Gulf States could witness their first attacks if regional terrorists choose to target these countries rather than use them as logistical hubs.
	www.forbes.com /business/2005/02/08/cz_0208oxan_gulfstates.html (1371 words)

	Many Persian Gulf arab states uneasy about Iran - Persian Journal Iran news, Latest iran news Iranian newspaper women ...
		It's not often the United States, Israel and the Persian Gulf Arab states worry about the same thing.
		Persian Gulf Arab countries also would be likely to back U.N. Security Council moves against Iran should Tehran refuse to halt uranium enrichment, said Mustafa Alani, a military analyst with Dubai-based Persian Gulf Research Center.
		Not all Persian Gulf Arab leaders agree, and Iran assured its neighbors that the maneuvers and missile tests aren't aimed at them.
	www.iranian.ws /iran_news/publish/article_14678.shtml (934 words)

	Foreign Affairs - Security in the Persian Gulf - R. K. Ramazani
		Although American rhetoric spoke of pursuing a "twin-pillar policy," the United States itself actually relied primarily on Iran to perform the role of the "policeman" for the Gulf region.
		Prior to the Arab-Israeli war of 1973, the perception of Iran as the main protector of Gulf security was reinforced by the American reluctance to fill the power vacuum left by Britain as a result of its historic decision to withdraw forces in 1971 from the area "east of Suez," including the Persian Gulf.
		Although Saudi dollar diplomacy was extended to states located outside as well as within the Persian Gulf, it complemented the Iranian security role in the Gulf area.
	www.foreignaffairs.org /19790301faessay9918/r-k-ramazani/security-in-the-persian-gulf.html (650 words)

	Persian Gulf states build sporting oases - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		In a desert where summer temperatures reach 120 degrees, the snow hill at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai is a gimmick designed to draw customers to the region's largest shopping center.
		Separated by a few hundred miles, Dubai -- one of seven states of the United Arab Emirates -- and Qatar are spending almost $5 billion to build two elaborate sports complexes that would fit nicely in Southern California or Australia.
		Other Persian Gulf states are constructing sports venues with the same assumption: Build the facilities, and world-class events and athletes will follow.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/s_441813.html (1083 words)

	Group smuggling girls to Persian Gulf states busted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Tehran - A corrupt band engaged in the smuggling of young Iranian girls to Persian Gulf states to engage in the illicit sex trade, have been arrested by security forces, the Head of the Tehran Justice Department Abbas-Ali Alizadeh said in Shahr-e Rey yesterday.
		He said the group's tactics included seducing 13-year-old girls into giving their consent with promises of money and transporting them to customers in the Persian Gulf states.
		He called on the Iranian government, members of Parliament as well as the Judiciary to help in fighting the increasing debauchery and corruption confronting the country, adding that this needed the cultivation of strong cultural values in the country, IRNA reported.
	www.uri.edu /artsci/wms/hughes/girls_persian_gulf_states (279 words)

	Persian Gulf Arab states offer support to coalition: 9/24/01
		CAIRO, Egypt -- A group of six Persian Gulf Arab states yesterday pledged support for an international coalition against terrorism, providing important support for Washington's efforts to track down those responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
		Governments throughout the Muslim world are keenly aware that while their citizens generally share Washington's abhorrence of terrorism, many are upset by U.S. support for Israel, and some see bin Laden as a folk hero for standing up to the world's superpower.
		In its statement yesterday, The Gulf council urged the United States not to use the attacks on New York as a pretext "to ignore what is happening to the Palestinian people at the hands of the Israeli government."
	www.s-t.com /daily/09-01/09-24-01/a02wn010.htm (643 words)

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		Four oil powerhouses from the Persian Gulf - Kuwait, Dubai, Qatar and Oman - are set to announce soon that they are lifting the economic boycott on Israel.
		The initiative came amid the Persian Gulf countries’ request to sign a free-trade agreement the American market that will allow them to export goods to the U.S. tax-free.
		Israel does not have diplomatic relations with any of the Persian Gulf countries, apart from a low-profile Israeli Interests Office operating in Qatar, but Foreign Ministry official Bruce Kashdan has been working for years to advance economic relations between Israel and the Persian Gulf states.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3146915,00.html (295 words)

	Iran News - US consults Persian Gulf states on Iran 'threats' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		LONDON, April 8 (IranMania) - A senior US official is visiting Persian Gulf states to press for tighter controls to stop any transshipment of nuclear-related equipment to Iran and other security cooperation, administration officials said, Reuters reported.
		Undersecretary of State Robert Joseph, who oversees non-proliferation issues, left for the Persian Gulf on Thursday night and was in the United Arab Emirate on Friday.
		US officials said Gulf states concerns about Iran go beyond the nuclear issue, and so Joseph's discussions are expected to include more general security issues as well.
	www.iranmania.com /News/ArticleView/Default.asp?ArchiveNews=Yes&NewsCode=41832&NewsKind=CurrentAffairs (1160 words)

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