Word: beirutization
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...sentiments turned more bellicose late in the week. "He wanted to give Habib as much time as he could," said a Begin aide. "But he's absolutely determined that the result of this operation, having cost so much blood, must be the evacuation of the P.L.O. from Beirut." During a military ceremony on Thursday, Sharon, too, adopted a more militant posture. Said he: "We have not returned the sword to the sheath and will not do so until the last of the terrorists has left Beirut...
...latest negotiations followed the most intensive artillery battle that Beirut has suffered throughout the war. Lebanese authorities estimated that just before the latest cease-fire took effect, 20 to 30 shells a minute were raining down on West Beirut and its suburbs. From dawn to dusk Israeli gunboats and hilltop artillery traded fire with Palestinian fighters perched on trucks mounted with Katyusha rocket launchers. The P.L.O.'s hit-and-run tactics proved more effective than in previous skirmishes. According to P.L.O. officials, some 25 Israeli vehicles were destroyed by P.L.O. rockets. The Presidential Palace in Baabda...
Despite the ceasefire, the P.L.O. continued to stage raids behind Israeli lines. Five Israeli soldiers were wounded in the hills east of Beirut when their patrol was ambushed at night. The aim of such small-scale operations, as a P.L.O. commander put it, is "to keep up a war of attrition that the Israelis will not be able to tolerate for long." But Israeli anti-terror squads were confident that they could wipe out the guerrilla threat with mopping-up operations in the low-lying hills between Tyre and Damur. According to Israeli intelligence officials, the area is "far from...
After the shelling ended, residents of West Beirut again displayed their resilience, thronging the streets to perform their shopping rounds. Occasionally, the supersonic scream of an Israeli jet on a mock bombing run caused a momentary flutter of panic. Most people ignored the threat of renewed fighting, taking advantage of the lull to stock up on supplies from East Beirut...
...country's political quagmire that some parties to the negotiations despair of finding a solution. The best out come, says a Western diplomat, might be a gradual dissipation of the situation, with no grand settlement that would define winners and losers. If the P.L.O. slowly pulled out of Beirut with little or no fan fare, he says, perhaps Israel and even Syria would ultimately find reasons to bring their troops home...