Word: beirutization
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This is the same man whose aimless foreign policy bred disaster in Beirut, the same man who flaunted his comprehension gap and nearly sold the farm at Iceland...
...evidence shows that this was partly a cover story. Reagan repeatedly focused on the hostages. When he first approved the arms shipments, his go-ahead was based on a memo saying such shipments "may well be our only way to achieve the release of the Americans held in Beirut...
During twelve years of civil war, foreign correspondents came to rely on the Commodore Hotel in West Beirut as a respite from the turmoil around them. Feuding militia leaders held press conferences there, and a string of hopeful peace envoys were among its guests. The Commodore's lively bar was renowned throughout the Middle East as a meeting place for those passing through Beirut. It was also the home of a parrot whose uncannily accurate imitation of an incoming artillery shell fooled more than a few newly arrived reporters. While cross fire occasionally damaged the aging seven-story edifice...
...Arafat neglected to point out, however, that it is the steady reinfiltration into Lebanon of P.L.O. forces, which were pushed out by the Israelis, that provoked the rival Amal to attack and isolate the camps. In the past two years, an estimated 3,500 P.L.O. fighters have returned to Beirut and southern Lebanon, mostly by ships that deposit them in coastal areas...
...pair of thoroughly mixed signals, Moscow frees some political dissidents but cracks down hard on refuseniks. -- A threatened execution of Beirut hostages does not take place, but little hope for their freedom can be found. -- Mexico is seized by a swelling current of discontent. -- A new generation of student protesters takes to the streets...