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Arab League

Secretary General Esmat Abdel-Meguid (2nd reference: Abdel-Meguid)

Egypt

President Hosny Mubarak (wife Susan)
Adviser Osama al-Baz
Prime Minister Kamal Ahmad al-Ganzuri
Foreign Minister Amr Mussa
Newspapers: al-Ahram
al-Akhbar
al-Gomhuriya
al-Gamaa al-Islamiya: Islamic Group

Iraq

President Saddam Hussein (2nd ref: Saddam)

Jordan

King Abdullah

Lebanon

President Emile Lahoud
Prime Minister Selim Hoss
Hezbollah (party of God)
Islamic Jihad (holy war)
Druze - Progressive Socialist Party (PSP)
Falangist
South Lebanon Army (SLA), but place is southERN Lebanon
Ain el-Hilweh
Bekaa
Borj Brajneh
Chatila
Miyeh Miyeh
Rashidiyeh
an-Nahar
as-Safir
Walid Jumblatt
Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah

Libya

President Moamer Gaddafi
Lockerbie suspect al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah (second reference Khalifa)
Lockerbie suspect Abdel-Basit al-Mikrahi (second reference al-Mikrahi)

Palestinian Authority

President Yassir Arafat
Aide: Abu-Mazen (Mahmud Abbas)
Faisal Husseini
Hanan Ashrawi
Hamas: Palestinian extremist organization

Saudi Arabia

King Fahd
Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister Prince Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz (2nd ref: Abdullah)
Defence Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz
Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal (2nd ref: Saud)

Sudan

President Omar Beshir

Syria

President Hafez Assad
Vice-President Abdel-Halim Khaddam
Foreign Minister Faruk al-Sharaa

Tunisia

President Zine al-Abidine Ben-Ali (2nd ref: Ben-Ali)

United Arab Emirates

President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan

Western Sahara

"Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)": "President" Mohammed Abdul-Aziz

Yemen

President Ali Saleh

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