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...mistreatment of Shi'ites in Lebanon and to vent his hatred of the U.S. and Israel. But U.S. sources say he has become obsessed with trying to secure the freedom of his brother-in-law Mustafa Badreddin and 16 other Shi'ites jailed in Kuwait after a 1983 bombing blitz. Mughniyah launched his subsequent kidnaping and hijacking spree to spring the 17 in a prisoners-for-hostages swap. Among his victims: William Buckley, the CIA station chief, who died in captivity...
BONN, West Germany-Secretary of State James A. Baker III, on his first diplomatic tour of West European capitals, has found it difficult to compete with the public relations blitz of Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, a senior U.S. official said yesterday...
...invaders, even if that means risking a return of the Khmer Rouge killers. Suddenly, however, a rare convergence of interests among all parties has made the prospect appear bright that a political settlement may finally end the fighting in Kampuchea. The new optimism has been triggered by a "peace blitz" in Asian capitals. Kampuchean President Heng Samrin began raising hopes earlier this month when he said Hanoi might be willing to withdraw its estimated 50,000 remaining troops by September...
Thailand, host to the rebel factions and the refugees, joined the blitz. In a startling turnaround from a policy of refusing to talk to Phnom Penh, the new Prime Minister, Chatichai Choonhavan, invited Kampuchean Prime Minister Hun Sen for discussions in Bangkok, possibly to start as early as this week. + Before, says an ASEAN diplomat, "Thailand and ASEAN wouldn't have touched Hun Sen with a 10-ft. pole...
Aikaz Akopyan, 50, said he and five other men had survived in a small basement by eating pickles and canned goods. Akopyan's tale sparked a full- scale media blitz, and he was featured in news reports worldwide. But the daily Izvestia sensed a hoax and found holes in Akopyan's account; none of the other five "survivors," for example, could be found. At week's end TASS confessed it was unable "to confirm with full certainty the authenticity of the story...