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TROUBLE IN THE
HORN OFAFRICA
by
Dan Taylor
S
EPARATED
from the oil-rich Arabian
península by the Red Sea and the Gulf
of Aden is the Horn of Africa.
lt
is one
of the world's vital sea gates.
Few seem to realize today just how
important this area of t he world is to international
commerce, much less its military significance.
Through this region much of Western Europe's
crucial oil supplies must pass on their way to the
Suez Canal.
Military planners in both Washington and Moscow
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understand that the Horn
of Africa constitutes a
choke point. They see it
as a jugular vein, if you
will, of Western Europe's
oil lifeline to the Middle
East. And both nations
are trying to exert their
influence in the area.
Other n ations before
them have done the same.
Just before the turn of
The
PLAIN TRUTH