In the Gulf

Muscat, Oman

ALL THE WAY from the airport to the capital, Muscat, some thirty miles distant, the desert was lit up by a string of brilliant fairy lights. Mile after mile of six-foot-high, illuminated butterflies fluttered in the warm breeze.

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Alistair Horne

Sir Alistair Horne’s Kissinger: 1973, The Crucial Year is published by Simon & Schuster.

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Muscat, Oman

ALL THE WAY from the airport to the capital, Muscat, some thirty miles distant, the desert was lit up by a string of brilliant fairy lights. Mile after mile of six-foot-high, illuminated butterflies fluttered in the warm breeze.