1. It's due to put in at Aden and some other ports before arriving in Basra.

2. I did two tours all the way round to the Gulf and right round to Aden which was very pleasant.

3. On our way back to Aden we attended a gathering of Arab sheikhs, who presented my father with a magnificent dagger.

4. Having been divorced three times, Aden admits he's far from infallible.

5. There is an analogy to be drawn here with Nizan's trip to Aden.

6. But any day now, his two agents should be arriving from Aden.

7. Today the Gulf of Aden is a full-fledged ocean by tectonic standards.

8. In the past, air support from the RAF base at Aden had been enough to keep the peace between the rival warring tribes.

9. In Aden the path forward became clear, the alternative strategy was revealed.