Word: crackdown
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wonder−considering that neither Egypt nor Syria even had diplomatic relations with Jordan. The little kingdom has been a virtual outcast in Arab ranks ever since September 1970, when Hussein and his army clamped down, with much bloodshed, on the fedayeen operating in his country. The crackdown cost Jordan's King a badly needed subsidy from Libya's Muammar Gaddafi ($20 million annually) and froze Kuwait's substantial contribution ($40 million annually) to Jordan. In August 1971, after the Jordanians threw out the remaining fedayeen forces, neighboring Syria severed diplomatic relations. A year later, Sadat broke...
...Lemmer testified that Camil discussed "contingency plans" to be used in the event of mass arrests in Miami Beach. Lemmer quoted Camil as saying, "If the situation [in Miami Beach] gets out of hand, our people should have adequate defenses... In the event of a crackdown, we might, first of all, hit police stations simultaneously with automatic weapon and grenade attacks...
...paid the Kuomintang's two most powerful leaders, General Li Wen-huan and General Tuan Shi-wen, nearly $2,000,000 to get out of the opium traffic. Thai authorities believe that they have not yet ceased their trading. They will be the next targets of the crackdown...
...battles marked the toughest crackdown by an Arab nation on the fedayeen since King Hussein crushed the Palestinian movement in Jordan in 1970. With a military ferocity they have seldom displayed before, the Lebanese used planes, tanks, armored vehicles, mortars and machine guns. Ironically, the fierce attack on the fedayeen came from a nation that has consistently been among the Arab states most hospitable to Palestinians...
...comes on the heels of a general crackdown on political comment within Brazil. Two weeks ago, police stopped the presses of Opiniño, a liberal magazine that has frequently been critical of the military rulers. Censors have also been assigned to monitor the operations of newspapers that dared to defy the government's ban on speculation about the presidential succession. Considering the fact that nubile maidens on Rio's beaches regularly display almost as much epidermis as do Penthouse pets, many Brazilians thought the campaign against girlie magazines a bit quixotic. What was the purpose? an inquisitive...