The Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council should understand that avoiding foreign armed intervention will be conducive to the overall interests of the Arab world.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking in Paris after an emergency summit of 22 nations today, mentioned that the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council were backing the international effort against the Libyan leader.

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The biggest losers would be the Arab oil states grouped in the Gulf Cooperation Council, most of which are monarchies kept in power by a combination oil dollars and American military power.

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Although the risk from Dubai is not systemically important on a global level, it is significant across the United Arab Emirates and the rest of Gulf Cooperation Council--Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar.

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The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League came forward and asked for the United Nations Security Council to step up and address this issue.

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It is home to some 380 million people, larger than the U.S. With three nations Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region among the top 20 highest per-capita incomes in the world, according to the IMF, there should be opportunity.

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As part of our close consultations with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) partners, Mr. Brennan next goes to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for meetings with government officials to discuss options to address the deteriorating situation in Yemen.

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