Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although most Arab leaders mistrust Gaddafi, he sees himself as a visionary from the desert who is destined to restore Arabs to their lost glory. In his fevered imagination, he expects to succeed in the destruction of Israel and the continued harassment of its principal sponsor, the U.S. "It is too easy and simplistic to dismiss Gaddafi as mad," said a Western diplomat in Tripoli. "He genuinely believes the cause is just, so there's no deflecting him. He'll pursue his fight with the U.S. until he dies...
...public absence, emerged to inaugurate an international trade fair on Tuesday and stroll through a cheering, worshipful claque. The official government line was that three U.S. planes had been downed and there were no Libyan casualties. After the battle, Libyan radio exhorted its audience: "O, heroes of our Arab nation, let your / missiles and suicide cells pursue American terrorist embassies and interests wherever they may be!" Gaddafi, seemingly pumped up by the battle, was still on a high Friday, when he appeared on the balcony of his well-protected bunker in Tripoli. "We will impose our sovereignty on the Gulf...
With the exception of Jordan and Egypt, which remained circumspect, most Arab nations lambasted the U.S. for its arrogance and aggression. As usual, even those who privately abhor Gaddafi linked arms in Arab solidarity rather than side with the U.S. That reflex worries Republican Charles Mathias, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "A lot of their leaders don't like Gaddafi any more than we do," he says. "But we put them into the position of having to choose between him and us." Although Washington hoped the operation would diminish the Libyan's prestige, it seemed more likely...
...group calling itself the Arab Revolutionary Cells claimed responsibility for planting the bomb. Palestinian sources familiar with terrorist operations said Thursday that was a new name used by Abu Nidal, the terrorist leader widely blamed for the December 27 airport massacres at Rome and Vienna...
Palestinians who know the dark world of Arab terrorism say the TWA aircraft bombing is the latest work of Abu Nidal, the elusive mastermind whose followers have spread blood across three continents...