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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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