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Article: Mideast conflict rapidly eroding US-Arab ties: Perception that US should do more to restrain Israel alienates moderate regimes.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- April 3, 2002
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Byline: Peter Grier Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON -- The fires of Israeli-Palestinian violence are threatening to burn through America's delicate relationships with moderate Arab states such as Egypt, Kuwait, and Jordan.
At the very least, the Arab perception that the US should do more to rein in Israeli forces has reversed some of the gains in respect and goodwill won during the Gulf War. More than 10 years ago, US forces went to war to oust Iraqi invaders from Kuwait. Last week, Kuwait signed a friendship pact with Iraq at the Arab League conference.
It could be true, as some experts suggest, that Arab leaders ...