One possible diplomatic payback to Spain would be hosting a second Middle East Peace Conference, similar to the one it hosted after the first Gulf War in 1991.

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Indeed, though much rarer, state on state war does still occur in the modern day, as evidenced by the First and Second Gulf Wars.

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Alukkas opened his second store in Sharjah in 1992, despite stiff resistance from his brothers, who turned nervous after the first Gulf war.

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