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USAT notes these indicators of U.S. military preparations: the crew of the aircraft carrier Nimitz, stationed in the Persian Gulf, is on "high alert," and both Defense Secretary Cohen and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs canceled overseas trips.
Occupied at different times by the Persian, Hun, Roman and Ottoman empires, as well as enjoying infrequent self-rule, the Caucasus was largely conquered in the 19 th century by Russia.
(Meanwhile we should not overlook that hyrcan major is also a fine portmanteau word, with its references to Hyrcania, a province of the ancient Persian and Parthian empires, and Ursa Major, the Great Bear constellation.)
The FT claimed that the recent municipal elections backing his reform program were "the first local elections in over 2,500 years of Persian history."
No Principals Committee meeting on al Qaeda was held until September 4, 2001 (although the Principals Committee met frequently on other subjects, such as the Middle East peace process, Russia, and the Persian Gulf ).174 But Rice and Hadley began to address the issues Clarke had listed.