Word: commando
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That seemed to be a fragile hope. Skirmishes between Hussein's cocky army and the fedayeen last week left 14 people dead and 69 injured. The guerrillas, meanwhile, were also mending their political fences. In September, there were eleven commando groups in the Palestine Liberation Organization under Yasser Arafat. As of last week, six had been absorbed by stronger groups. A new unified command, to be called the Palestine Liberation Front, is evolving under Arafat's direction...
Harvard faculty members reacted yesterday with disappointment, but not surprise, to U. S. bombing and commando raids on North Vietnam last weekend...
Married. Leila Khaled, 24, nervy Palestinian commando and a central figure in the multiplane hijacking last September; and a guerrilla identified only as Bassem; in Amman, Jordan...
...members of the F.L.Q., thought that problems with language and unfamiliar Soviet weapons were a small price to pay for "military training which we can easily put into practice when we get back." Recently, eight Panthers received six weeks of instruction in bombing and street warfare at a Palestinian commando training camp near Amman. They were recruited by Arabs living in New York on assignment to U.N. missions. The same Arabs reportedly have instituted terrorist training for Panthers in northern New York State. Money also is known to have reached the Panthers from North Korea and from Arab guerrilla organizations...
...unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for assault and participating in mob actions. She has been in hiding since last March. She admonished those who seek accommodation with society: "Don't be tricked by talk. Arm yourselves and shoot to live!" She called on American dissidents to emulate Palestinian commando terrorists. "Every militant woman," she said, "is a Leila Khaled...