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One White House aide said that when Reagan called the Syrian President last week, the release of the seven abducted Americans was the top item on his agenda. Though Assad did not give Reagan much cause for hope, relatives of the seven were buoyed somewhat last week when Lebanese television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Seven Left Behind | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

In 1975, by then adorned with the messianic title of Imam, Moussa Sadr established and funded a Shi'ite militia named Amal, the Arabic word for "hope." Celebrating the deeds of Shi'ite warriors of the past, the Imam declared, "Arms were the adornment of men." Moussa Sadr then vanished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movements Within Movements | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

According to reports from Khartoum, the bloodless coup was greeted by tens of thousands of Sudanese celebrating in the streets. Two days earlier, the capital had resounded with the largest and most vocal antigovernment demonstrations since Nimeiri came to power in his own military coup almost 16 years ago. At...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sudan Toppling an Unpopular Regime | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

Further, Muslims have degraded and humiliated Oriental and Sefardic Jews who are the majority of Jews in Israel for the better part of a millennium. The PLO is merely the modern expression of traditional Islamic Jew-batting. When Blacks express sympathy for former Muslim oppressors who specifically state (usually in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Anti-Semitism | 4/2/1985 | See Source »

The Israelis then began a house-to-house search in Zrariyah. All men between the ages of 16 and 60 were hauled off to the central square, where a hooded informer helped identify suspected guerrillas. At the end of the day, as many as 200 men were taken behind Israeli...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon a Country Out of Control | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

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