from the original on 19 April 2016 | Carlos claimed that Saudi Arabia paid ransom on behalf of Iran, but that the money was "diverted en route and lost by the Revolution" |
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The restricted national budget also encouraged the use of oil in barter deals | Both Yamani and OPEC became well known in the West, with Yamani described as "the man of the moment" in 's 24 December 1973 cover article |
[ ] The production cutbacks, increased to 25 percent in November, affected the economic health of all Western powers | Studer, Margaret 15 September 1999 |
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This increasingly came to be seen as a pro-American stance by the other producers, although defended by Yamani as a safer option for the world economy | " However, the quote may have been wrongly attributed by this and other sources |
Yamani was fluent in Arabic, English, and French.
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