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...shooting in the gulf climaxed a series of bluffs and threats from Iranian naval forces in the wake of the Sept. 21 seizure of the Iran Ajr, which was disabled by U.S. helicopters as it was laying mines. Although the Iranians have come under increasing diplomatic pressure and have been bloodied in recent confrontations with the U.S., they "are bolder and more belligerent than ever," says a Bahrain-based Western diplomat. Previously the diplomat thought Iran would not dare to attack American ships. Now he says, "We're headed for a confrontation...
...well beyond conditions the U.S. has tried to press on any other nation. Republican Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon observed that Reagan's requirement "isn't a standard we apply to Albania or China" -- nations with which the U.S. nevertheless does business. Says Wayne Smith, a former U.S. diplomat and sharp critic of the Administration: "The Sandinistas are Reagan's MobyDick, and he is their Captain Ahab...
ABOUT this time our good friend Buddy Commyovich, the Russian diplomat, comes sneaking up to the table wearing a trench coat and a touring cap pulled low down over his face. "Hey, guys," he whispers, "Spot...
...Bourguiba ensured that the pressure on dissenters will continue when he abruptly sacked his Prime Minister and replaced him with Interior Minister Zine al Abidine ben Ali, who has led the crackdown on the fundamentalists. "You will not see any steps toward greater pluralism now," / commented one worried Western diplomat. Indeed, Bourguiba has knocked out his opposition so effectively that many fear there is now no credible successor, and that when he dies the radical fundamentalists will leap to fill the political void...
Last week Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett'57 announced that he would schedule College-widediscussions on similar issues. Jewett said that hethought of the forum in response to thecancellation of a South African diplomat's speechlast spring after protestors attempted to blockadetwo of the three exits in the auditorium where hewas speaking...