JPRS ID: 10016 NEAR EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORT

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JPRS L/ 10016
28 September 1981
Near E / '
ast I~lorth Africa Re ort
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f FOUO 33/81)
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JPRS L/10016
: 28 September 1981
NEAR EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORT
~ (FOUO 33/81)
CONTENTS
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Moderating Role in Persian Gulf Region Outlined
(AL-WATAN AL-'ARAI3I, 31 Jul-6 Aug 81) 1
I RAN
Incipient 'Civil War' Seen Emerging
~Hasan Dabdub; 1IiE MIDDLE EAST, Sep 81) 6
Revolution Said To Be Confiscated by 'Obscurantist Clergy'
(Hedi Dhoukar; AFRIQUE-ASIE, 17-30 Aug 81) 8
Security Cotmcil Holds Me.eting During Bomb Attack
(Tony Allaway; THE TIMES, 2 Sep 81) 11
Interview With Bani-Sadr on Nation's Situation
(ASAHI EVENING NEWS, 8 Sep 81) 13
I RAQ
'AL-THAWRAH' Editor In terviewed on Role of Iraqi Media
(Hani Wahib Interview; AL WATAN A~'ARABI, 31 Jul-
- 6 Aug 81) ]5
IS RAE L
Eban: 'Interim Agreement' Needed on Middle East Issue
(Abba Eban; THE TIMES, 4 Sep 81) 21
MOROCCO
Role of Islam in lrbroccan Politics Analyzed
(Remy Leveau; ~iE MAQiREB REVIEW, Jan-Apr 81) 24
- a- [III - NE & A- 121 FOUO]
FlID ~1FFi~r i T iCF ~lNi V
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Casablanca To Be Divided Into Five Districts
(MARQiES TROPIC~AUX ET MEDITERRANEENS, 31 Jul 81) 39
TUNIS IA
_ Conflict Among Opposition Grows in Wake of PCT Legalization
(Hedi I?houkar; AFRIQUE-ASIE, 3 Aug 81) 41
Foreign Trade for 1980 Shows Increasing Deficit
(MARQ~FS TROPICAUX ET MEDITERRANEENS, 31 Jul 81) 44
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BAIiRAIN
- MODERATING ROLE IN PERS iAN GULF REGIOid OUTLIN~D
Paris AL-WATAN AL-'ARABI in Arabic No 233, 31 Jul-6 Au~ 81 pp 24, 25
[Article: "Sec[.ari~ii Teiisiuns Ease with Uecline c~f Iranian Threat; Bahrain
Washes Its Wurries in che Troubled Waters u[ the Gulf"]
[Text] The problems uf the small Arabiai~ isl~nd :ahich leans heavily u~i
the Saudi coast are num~rous and diverse. But cc~niidence and a sense ot
assurance abour. the present and the future are greater. The inclinatiun
to cuopera~e with the Guli states and to cuurdinate eifurts with them is
increasing an~ growing day by day in a cuun~ry that is distin~ui.shed by an
a~mosphere ut rclativc li.beral ~penness.
The island is a small semi-desert island, but it is full of vitatity and
activity. If une were tc, luok fr.om the winduw ui a high-rise buil~ing in
al-Manamah, one can see the f.eatures ul fast prooress aiid the rapid pace
of daily life: Che modern huildings, the b~nks, Che ut-y dock and ~he ships
and tankers co~nin~ ai~d gui~~g. One can use thc: mus~ mudern ~elephune and
telex system not unly in the area, but alsu in ehe world. Bahr.ain Airp~r~
h,.is tur~~e~ in~u aii impoeLant crassruad beCween Eurupe, the Middle East,
Asia anc thc Far East.
'Che island's unique ~eoKraphic locatiun in the upper course vf the Guli,
~ leaning strongly on ~he cu~ist of the Arabia~l Pe.ninsula is what qualitied
~he small island [o play iCS historical, discinccive role as a ti-ad~ ceiitcr
for several centuries. Geugraphy tuu makes the island ~ sensitive indicatur
whuse muvement ~~nd f luc~ua[.ioiis retlect ,~ny events ur developments in the
arc~a.
In ~he l~s~ qu,~rter cen~ury ,a new tactc~r has cume onto the scenc ~hat is nu
less si~;nif ic~iii~ than thc heugr~phical factu~ in dete?:minin~; the social
climate and detining 13ahrain's policy. That t~ctor is oil. Oil in']3ahrain
is iiu~ new. It was ;1i.scuv~red and expluit~d fur the first time in ~hc Cuif
51 years ~~Ko.
Fiut because ul fl~~ht.iin's me~~~;er uil rc~serrve5 ,~n~J hcrcausc~ vl its limitecl
pruducLiun, uil dic~ nuL pruvidc~ the c~uuiitry an-1 iLs ciLizcns with thc tcld-
[ive prusperity ~hat is bein~ enjuyed by ~he peorle ut u~her ~rab Gult
cuu~iLries which are wc:althier and mure pro~luc~ive [~han Rah~~ain].
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