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APPENDIX A
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AA | Antiaircraft |
A.D. | Anno Domini |
AMAL | Lebanese Resistance Detachments |
ASRY | Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yards' |
ASW | Antisubmarine warfare |
BC | before Christ |
BD | Bahraini dinar |
CAL | Cargo AirLine |
C | centigrade |
CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) |
cm | centimeters |
COIN | Computer Operated Instrument |
DFLP | Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
DLF | Dhofar Liberation Front |
E | degrees |
EW | Electronic Warfare |
FAC[M] | fast-attack aircraft |
FAE | Federation of Arab Emirates |
FGA | fighter ground attack |
FRC | Fatah Revolutionary Council |
GNP | gross national product |
HQ | Headquarters |
IPC | International crude oil pipeline |
IDF | Israel Defense Force |
IISS | International Institute for Strategic Studies |
IPC | Iraq Petroleum Company |
JD | Jordanian dinar |
km2 | square kilometers |
LOCs | lines of communications |
LP | Lebanese pound |
max | maximum |
m | meters |
min | minimum |
nm | nautical mile |
OAPEC | Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries |
OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
OR | Omani rial |
PDRY | People's Democratic Republic of Yemen |
PFLP(GC) | Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (General Command) |
PLA | Palestine Liberation Army |
PLF | Palestine Liberation Front |
PLFO | Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman |
PLO | Palestinian Liberation Organization |
PSF | Popular Struggle Front |
PSP | Progressive Socialist Party |
QR | Qatar rial |
RAF | Royal Air Force |
SAF | Sultan's Armed Forces |
SAM | Surface-to-air missile |
SF | Special Forces |
SLA | South Lebanese Army |
SSM | Surface-to-surface missile |
TAPline | Trans-Arabian Pipeline |
TMA | Trans-Mediterranean Airway |
UAE | United Arab Emirates |
UAR | United Arab Republic |
UN | United Nations |
UNDOF | United Nations Disengagement Observation Forces |
UNEF | United Nations Emergency Force |
UNIFIL | United Nation Interim Force in Lebanon |
YR | Yemini rial |
YAR | Yemen Arab Republic |
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