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...Palestinians that the multinational force must come first. Otherwise, he feared, the Palestinian civilian population of about 100,000 in West Beirut would be left to the mercy of their enemies the Phalangists and the Christian-dominated Lebanese Army. Finally on Friday, as the Israelis withdrew from their checkpoint to let him pass, Wazzan crossed into East Beirut and proceeded to the hills to press his point with, his Christian colleagues and the American negotiators...
Roadblocks are not new, but lately they seem to be coming back into vogue. Their goals vary. Police in Montgomery County, Md., have been running daily blocks to snare drunken drivers. Last month a federal task force set up a continuing checkpoint on U.S. 1, the only road leading out of the Florida Keys, primarily to detect illegal aliens. Says Lawrence Sherman, director of research for the Police Foundation: "It's a technique with a great deal of potential...
...call came at 9:30 p.m.: Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, would grant an interview that night. Two hours later, Murray Gart, a Time Inc. senior editor, and TIME Beirut Correspondent Roberto Suro were led by a P.L.O. representative through pitch-black streets, past a checkpoint and two platoons of soldiers. It was just after midnight when Arafat welcomed the visitors to an air-conditioned, wood-paneled conference room at his Beirut headquarters. He spoke of his frustrations over U.S. support for Israel and his fears of an impending Israeli strike on southern Lebanon. Excerpts from...
Most electronic security systems include the use of "Tattle Tape," a sensitive strip concealed in bindings that sets off an alarm if it is smuggled past a checkpoint...
...German territory jutting out from the fencing. "You have to know this border by heart," says the pilot. "You could get yourself shot at." His passengers are appreciative. "We call those places 'Gotchas,' " he adds pleasantly. Back down on the ground the visitors are taken to a checkpoint to look up at the stark observation tower on the other side. We are asked not to make gestures, friendly or otherwise...