Word: airlifted
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...Jews; the Arabs sold Africans into slavery and greatly contributed to the South's ability to purchase slaves inexpensively during the early years of the British presence in the Americas. This Black-Arab association has plagued him in several instances, in his failure to praise the Israelis for the airlift of starving Black Ethiopian Jews form their barren homeland, in his now infamous "hymie" slur, and in his notorious alliance with Black Muslim leader and anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan, Jackson's economic and political ties have led him into strange difficulties...
...exodus was cut short eleven weeks ago, when word of a secret Israeli airlift that had already taken thousands to Israel was leaked to the press. Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiri slammed the door shut because of pressure from Ethiopia's Marxist government and fellow Arabs, who accused him of cooperating with the Israelis. That left hundreds of Ethiopian Jews, known as Falashas, stranded in Sudan after making the long trek to refugee camps there. Last week, however, in an operation coordinated by the Central Intelligence Agency, about ten U.S. C-130 military transport planes flew into Sudan and took...
...secrecy surrounding the airlift was intense. Israeli censors prevented American journalists from describing details of the rescue, and in Washington a State Department official declared, "We have an absolute no comment on that." U.S. officials feared that publicizing the airlift would undermine any attempts to rescue Falashas remaining in Sudan or Ethiopia. It has been reported that Vice President George Bush, during a recent visit to Khartoum, persuaded Nimeiri to let the Falashas...
...supposed to have seized, federal agents became suspicious. Surveillance revealed that Dan Mitrione Jr., 38, a ten-year FBI veteran, had been involved on the sly in the same drug deals he was assigned to monitor. According to official sources, Mitrione, while working on a project code-named "Operation Airlift," sold the more than 90 lbs. of cocaine skimmed from the Memphis bust for cash and property worth about $850,000, and took bribes from the drug traffickers he was investigating. Said FBI Director William H. Webster: "The corrupting power of drug money is one of the obvious reasons...
...premature release of news about the airlift of Ethiopian Jews to Israel: I feel very bad about it. I believe the efforts Israel makes, with the support of others, to bring over 10,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel brought Israel (to a realization) of the reason for its existence more than anything else. There are a quarter of a million Ethiopian refugees in Sudan. Who gives a damn about them except Israel...