Word: algerias
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Joining the Deuxième in Lebanon are several hundred troops of an equally distinguished unit. The Troisième RPIM (Third Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment) was formed in French-held Algeria during World War II. To bolster its ranks the Troisième sent recruiters to. London to enlist Frenchmen who had escaped from the occupied mainland. After parachuting into France, the force went on to take part in the jubilant liberation of Paris. In 1948 the Troisième was sent to Indochina, where it was cited for bravery in the battle of Dien Bien...
...easily forget the extent to which they were deserted on this occasion." It was partly to assuage such bitterness that the Syrians last week reversed themselves and agreed to accept some of the P.L.O. guerrillas from Lebanon. (Other countries willing to take in the P.L.O.: Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia, Algeria, North Yemen, South Yemen and the Sudan...
...more radical states, such as Libya, Syria, Algeria and South Yemen, have lost prestige in the Arab world as a result of their failure to aid the Palestinians. Says Peter Duignan, a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution: "The image of Arabs standing together has been shattered." The Iraqis were particularly angry at Syria's Hafez Assad and Libya's Strongman Muammar Gaddafi, both for their "betrayal" of the P.L.O. and for their support of Iran in the gulf war. Since that conflict began 23 months ago, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has moved away from...
...latest cycle of bloodshed and renewed stalemate intensified appeals for a rapid settlement of the 22-month-old conflict. Last week Iraqi President Saddam Hussein admitted that he was "favorably disposed" to Algeria's offer to serve as mediator between the two warring nations. He also suggested that the truce should become effective in early September, coinciding with the summit of non-aligned nations scheduled to take place in Baghdad. Bright banners already festoon the Iraqi capital, bearing the words WELCOME TO OUR DISTINGUISHED VISITORS in English, French and Arabic. For years Saddam Hussein has envisioned the summit...
...ever since Egyptian President Anwar Sadat expelled an estimated 17,000 Soviet technical advisers and military personnel in 1972. After the 1973 war, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger effectively shut the Soviets out of all Middle East negotiations. By supplying weapons to the P.L.O., Syria, Iraq, Libya and Algeria, Moscow tried to regain a voice in the region's affairs, but with little success. Ominously, the Soviet Union has shifted its attention to Iran, which has been told it will have Moscow's support in any future fighting with Iraq (see WORLD...