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UAE National Day Marks a Risk that Remade the Gulf

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On Dec. 2, 1971, six rival sheikhs made a historic decision, forming the UAE a day after Britain ended decades of close involvement with Gulf states and pulled its military out of the region. With no international protection and rising regional tensions after Iran seized islands still claimed by the UAE, the sheikhdoms sought strength in unity. Bahrain and Qatar chose to go their own way at the last minute, after years of negotiations, but Abu D…

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On this occasion, he congratulated the people of the Emirates and all those living on its good land. His Excellency said: "On this day, we proudly invoke the story of the union made by his forgiving founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and his brothers, the founding fathers, who believed that the union was the path of glory, and that the building of man is the greatest achievement.

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