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December 11, 1999
   
The Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and UAE) was expected to announce a new defense pact in mid-November, but after a tense meeting decided to refer the draft pact back to the respective defense ministers for "a thorough review".--Stephen V Cole