- 1the countries around the Persian Gulf (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman)
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- 2the U.S. states around the Gulf of Mexico (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas)
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