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...soldier offered a revealing glimpse of the fanaticism that has kept the war at its fevered pitch. The 193-page battlefront primer, titled Book of Souvenirs: Propaganda for the Front and for the War is the work of the Ayatullah's Revolutionary Guards and was intended to embolden the young volunteers in suicidal human-wave attacks. The bottom corner of each page of the book bears a printed blood-red splotch, symbolizing glorious martyrdom. There are photographs showing the Ayatullah in the midst of adoring Iranian masses, and crude political cartoons depicting a crumbling Star of David...
...addition to these U.S. domestic matters, Hussein and the other moderate Arabs are increasingly alarmed about the failure of American policy in Lebanon and the degree to which this may embolden Syria to strengthen its position at their expense. The Marines are gone from Beirut, except for a contingent guarding the U.S. embassy; a member of the embassy staff, Political Officer William Buckley, was kidnaped by three men at gunpoint as he left his apartment in West Beirut last Friday morning. Also gone, along with the Marine peace-keeping force, were the Reagan Administration's dreams of helping President...
...replacing the Multi-National Force with U.N. peace-keeping troops, the text called upon Reagan to submit a written report within 30 days detailing his progress toward achieving a Marine pullout. Some Democrats urged a specific timetable, but the prevailing view was that to set a withdrawal date would embolden Lebanese President Amin Gemayel's foes, which in turn would prompt Republican charges that the Democrats had stymied a political reconciliation among Lebanon's factions. The absence of stipulations also made political sense for O'Neill's party: a nonbinding resolution with no deadline is likely...
...ruling should further embolden the anti-nuclear-power movement nationally. Six states already have bans in effect that are similar to California's; other state legislatures are considering comparable legislation. And though the decision does not affect the nation's 83 licensed and operating nuclear facilities, it could encourage efforts to halt completion of the 57 federally approved plants now in various stages of construction. "I'm not arguing that you could pull the plug on every plant that's being built," said Chris Flavin, an energy expert with the Worldwatch Institute. "But the decision...
...Chinese, such as pulling back some troops from the border. While that would not come close to fulfilling Peking's conditions for normal relations with Moscow, it might accelerate the apprehension in the U.S. about the value of the China connection. That, in turn, could further embolden the Taiwan lobby, weaken the resistance within the Administration to new, more provocative arms sales to Taiwan, and further undermine Sino-U.S. relations...