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...been considered. One is a coordinated pincer movement, with the Israelis moving north into Lebanon while the Christians push southward. Another option is all-out war, which would mean Israeli attacks not only on the forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization but on Syrian bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley and along the Golan Heights...
...told the Knesset, by external factors. One was Begin's feeling that U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib had failed to make further progress in defusing the seven-month armed stalemate between Israel and Syria over the presence of Syrian SA-6 missiles in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Another was the failure of last month's Arab League summit in Fez, Morocco, at which Syria led the hard-line attack on the eight-point Middle East peace plan proposed by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Fahd...
...Finally, Syrian forces would withdraw from all parts of Lebanon except the Bekaa Valley, where Syrian antiaircraft missiles were installed last April. At the same time U.N. troops would supervise the removal of all heavy weapons, including the Syrian missiles, from points south of the Zahrani River, which cuts across southern Lebanon north and west of the Litani. At this point, Israeli and Lebanese officials would begin talks on how to make the recent cease-fire a lasting one and how to prevent border violations...
...Administration continued to keep a tight lid on the substance of Habib's negotiations. They are believed to involve a complex set of trade-offs to persuade Syria to remove the three batteries of Soviet-made SA-6 missiles it deployed in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley after Israel shot down two of its helicopters. Moreover, Habib was believed to be trying to devise a broader peace plan to eliminate the bloodletting that periodically tears at Lebanon's own internal politics. One reason he may have decided to interrupt his shuttle was to give Saudi Arabia time...
...city, so bitterly fought over by the Syrians and the Christian Phalangists. Initially, the Lebanese units would be under Syrian control, but in time command could shift to officers sympathetic to the Christians. Second, the Syrians would quietly remove their SA-6 missiles from Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, possibly after a formal request from the Lebanese government. Israel, in turn, would exercise more discretion in its reconnaissance flights over Lebanon. Israel would also tacitly agree not to engage Syrian forces. In short, no more Syrian helicopters would be shot down in incidents like the one that sparked the present...