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...hours later in a hospital. By then Israeli soldiers had ringed the building and had killed all three intruders; one Israeli trooper died in the fighting. In the wake of the Israeli retaliatory attacks following Nahariya, there was strong Arab reaction. Military leaders scheduled a meeting in Cairo this week to plan joint aid for Lebanon. Egypt and Syria threatened to send planes if Israel continued to hit the Palestinian camps, and Syria reportedly dispatched ground-to-air missiles. General Mordechai Gur, Israel's Chief of Staff, warned that "if Lebanon gets serious military aid, the country will become...
Virtual Release. Numeiry then sent the eight terrorists to Cairo, where they are now said to be in jail, awaiting transfer to another Arab country. In protest against Numeiry's move, Washington angrily withdrew its present ambassador, William Brewer, from Khartoum, citing dismay over "the virtual release of these confessed murderers." Despite Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's recent demonstration of friendship toward the U.S., the Cairo newspaper Al Ahram, which frequently prints his views, hailed Numeiry for "understanding the motives that led the Palestinians to appear before Sudanese courts...
...armies on a leash, the Israelis, to their regret, completely misjudged the Arab buildup, and they failed to see that it was a prelude to war. U.S. intelligence contends that it has evidence that Moscow began preparations to send three airborne divisions to Egypt when the counterattacking Israelis approached Cairo. The threat of Soviet soldiers fighting in the Middle East caused the U.S. to call its first worldwide alert since the Cuban Missile Crisis...
Canceled. The next morning, Oct. 10, "American and Israeli intelligence picked up the first clear signals of a Soviet airlift into Damascus and Cairo." Kissinger and Dinitz discussed the situation, and Dinitz again pressed for supplies. Kissinger promised rapid results. "He called Schlesinger," say the Kalbs, "and asked him to organize civilian charters to carry American military aid to Israel as quickly as possible. The Defense Secretary showed little enthusiasm for the idea, but he offered no opposition. Kissinger wasn't sure at that point if Schlesinger intended to help...
...valuable psychological prop. The U.S. had gained new and close ties with the leading state in the Arab world-an advance of great strategic significance if it can be sustained. In well-earned triumph, the Nixon caravan departed for its next stop -Saudi Arabia. A sign at the Cairo airport read: SEE YOU LATER, DICK...