Word: amman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...warfare. The King's government-and the King as well -nearly became casualties of the battle. Hundreds died, including a U.S. embassy official machine-gunned in front of his own family. In the wake of a frenzy of fedayeen looting and beatings, Westerners were hurriedly airlifted out of Amman; among them were at least 300 Americans. In Beirut, Lebanese officials nervously wondered whether the outburst would have an echo in their capital. And in Tel Aviv, Israeli authorities were ready to move their forces toward Amman if the situation deteriorated. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan warned that Israel "cannot remain...
...Hussein is unclear. The guerrillas were members of the ultra-militant Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is led by a radical Arab Christian physician named George Habash, an exponent of terror tactics against civilians, including children. In the small town of Zarka, twelve miles north of Amman, quarrels broke out between guerrillas and soldiers of the Saiqa (Thunderbolt) Regiment, a unit especially faithful to Hussein. Both sides were armed, and the confrontation quickly expanded into episodes of violence. By the time it ended, nine fedayeen and civilians had been killed, along with 13 soldiers. As hysterical funeral...
...time Hussein reached his palace, skirmishes between irregulars and regulars had broken out across Amman...
Last week made it three defeats in a row. Yasser Arafat, who heads the Al-Fatah guerrillas and last week was named commander in chief of the twelve major guerrilla organizations, flew into Amman from Cairo to arrange a truce. In an all-night session at the palace, he and Hussein hammered out a ten-point pact, mostly favorable to the fedayeen...
Fedayeen leaders also insisted that Hussein order the resignation of his cousin, Brigadier General Sherif Zeid Ben Shaker, an anti-fedayeen royalist whose 3rd Armored Division guards Amman. Hussein yielded, but warned that this was the last time he would comply with fedayeen demands. Announcing that he was personally taking over as commander in chief of the armed forces, he vowed: "This is the last chance. There will be no other...