1.  But it remains necessary, in spite of all the final reservations that accompany the fateful step of attacking a fellow sovereign state in Europe.

2.  Arab leaders fear they will come under intense pressure to abandon the anti-terror coalition if they are asked to line up against a fellow Arab state.

3.  Breaking ranks with fellow Gulf Arab states, Oman and Qatar established trade ties with Israel last year.

4.  But his position was a tacit acknowledgment of Saudi sensitivities over launching an attack on a fellow Arab state.

5.  But most Arab nations directed their messages to Saudi Arabia as a fellow Arab state and birthplace of the Muslim faith.

6.  But the acknowledgment appeared to recognize Saudi sensitivities over launching an attack on a fellow Arab state.

7.  However, like most Arab nations, they directed their messages to Saudi Arabia as a fellow Arab state and birthplace of the Muslim faith.

8.  Iran has been the strongest advocate of a regional free-trade zone, with President Hashemi Rafsanjani urging fellow Muslim states to form a unified economic bloc.

9.  Iran has been the strongest advocate of a regional free-trade zone, with President Rafsanjani urging fellow Muslim states to form a unified economic bloc.

10.  On Iraq, they expressed opposition to any U.S. military strike on a fellow Arab state, which is widely viewed as potentially destabilizing for the region.