Puget Sound (AD 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 March-Ramadan. An annual Islamic Celebration observed for an en tire month. Muslims do not eat, drink, chew or smoke from sunrise to sunset. Some donlt even swallow their own saliva. Muslims also pray five times a day, notjust during Ramadan either. Shops and restaurants close their doors during prayer time, which lasts about 30 minutes. We were finally granted a little more freedom to travel around the city, as well as approval to take photos! 23

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LIBERTY I JEDDAH Operation Desert Storm even ts - Feb. 27: President Bush announces to the nation, Kuwait is liberated. Iraq's army is defeated. The announcement is made at noon CESTJ, exactly 100 hours since ground operations commenced and six Weeks since the start of Operation Desert Storm. 22 3 411 WN f 1 5 1 F' 4, '.1,331L, 2. , - V, ,G . 43, E Y. , :X Nw f' ,e .Q 1 1 1 reg .. , '41 ,1 131 'H ' .,' ff. ,j v I' 7 '51, , 3 1,:1c+rTir: 'li , 1 4 1 1g11g15aA 'M 1, L., E+' 3, , . ::1x,,, 11 ' it -' ' 1 2:2-' , , ' 1. 1 lf- -' Y. - :QQ 1 ' ' V 1 1- . f2T': it 'v71'AWsW1fi' , ,-R . 1 Q -uw 3 ' u 4, up ' -H , ,, ,Wg fy' 1 , , 1 ,J 1 ,1 , :,1 - M1. 1 ,1 1 Q ..,- ,Q f'ag,.,.g., l, ' ' ,1 1 Lzgfimf , 'S' 221. 1 ' 32 U I ,. Fire? ' is uf ' ,. . ' ,UP 1 W4-1 Vg, 7 ', 1 -1 , H- Y . - 1 ' 91517 ,' '21 111' ' , , , fits 1 L 5141. c ,fr 2 ' V 1' ,. ,igifrlf 3 W , ,N M , I a A, X , fb . , , L TQ 1 , ff 1' 1 bi I w P f ' WM. , . , -1 M1 f. ,Q V ' 14 -1 1 , 1 ff f1 51'1-1 1 va cw 1 gm 141 1 J 1 1 Ugkr 1, n f1t,, ,. sf'i1fv1Qf 1 , f JL ,, 1 1 ff! AXA , ,.L, ,1 1.'!! X ----.....,

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fw- THE MY TERIO US USLIM WORLD The legend that Eve Was buried in Jeddah accounts for the name, which means Grandmother, Also known as the C'Bride of the Red Sea, Jeddah Was officially established as the gateway to Mecca in A.D. 646 by Caliph Uthman and continues to attract pilgrims, many of Whom have settled. The Portuguese built the city Walls early in the 16th century, but it Was the Ottoman Turks Who retained uninterrupted domination until 1916. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia estimates nearly 10 million people, with almost half resident foreigners. Foreigners make up nearly 70 percent of the kingdom's Work force. Until the 1960s, most of the population were nomadic or seminomadic. Since the discovery of oil, about 95 percent have settled. Custodian of the Three Holy Mosques is one of the Kingjs many titles, but is perhaps among his most important in a nation Where Islam is the focus of living. There is no formal constitution. Guidance for both ruler and citizen is based on God's law, the Sharia, drawn from the Koran.