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...nations. But restricting the arms flow will not dissuade the Nicaragua regime from trying to export its revolution. The only way to do that, the Reagan Administration evidently feels, is to aid the contras fighting inside Nicaragua. Such support cannot be supplied overtly; it violates international law, including the charter of the Organization of American States...
...Soviets, however, have definitely landed, looking as happy as a charter flight full of sunburned, white-bellied tourists. They do not seem to have changed many of the habits that once spurred reports of unhappy Egyptians, Ethiopians and Mozambicans. The Soviets can usually be found at the beach, in snorkeling gear and Baltic bathing costumes. The island's favorite Russian so far is a chauffeur with steel teeth. He has been nicknamed "Jaws," of course. The Soviets have given the people of Grenada a one-engine crop sprayer and imported two cream-colored Mercedes sedans for themselves. But they...
...always rejected even the concept of peace with Israel and has killed many of its members who have dared to advocate peace and compromise. In fact, the PLO Charter, which has been consistently reaffirmed by all PLO leaders, rejects "all solutions which are substitutes for the total Liberation of Palestine...
...last February when he abruptly removed the doctor from the speaker's list at the Palestine National Council meeting in Algiers and then ejected him from the session entirely. Arafat made it clear to every delegate present that Sartawi's brand of diplomatic realism would never be welcome. The charter ideology of the PLO, after all, remains committed to the annihilation of the Jewish nation...
...specific floor fights demonstrated this domination. One involved an amendment to the party's charter on "accountability" which would have required that all candidates for statewide office issue a statement explaining which parts of the party platform they did not support. That is a reasonable request if the platform is to mean anything for the party label, but the more conservative legislative leadership--who often find themselves out of line with the more progressive planks of their party--argued against the move and defeated it with parliamentary maneuverings...