81.  Cohen told reporters traveling with him that support is growing, even though Russia, China and a number of Arab states still publicly oppose the use of force.

82.  Colonel Qaddafi still burns with resentment at the halfhearted support given him by Arab states in the Lockerbie affair.

83.  Currently, Russia, Kazakhstan and the Oman Oil Co., representing the Arab state of Oman, have formed a consortium to build a new pipeline.

84.  Egypt and other Arab states will have fascinating fits if Arafat lives up to reciprocity conditions.

85.  Egypt and Jordan have full relations with Israel and several other Arab states have low-level diplomatic and commercial ties.

86.  Egypt had been urging Arab states to withhold support for the treaty.

87.  Egypt is a leading U.S. ally in the region and has the status of the only Arab state to have reached a peace agreement with Israel.

88.  Egypt was the first Arab state to sign peace with Israel, a distinction that caused it strains with the rest of the Arab world.

89.  Egypt and Jordan are the only two Arab states that maintain formal diplomatic relations with Israel.

90.  Egypt and other Arab states have agreed to cooperate with the campaign as long as the aim remains to root out bin Laden and his followers.