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Indeed they would not, especially since they had hand-picked Karmal to rule Afghanistan after the overthrow and execution of Hafizullah Amin last December. Karmal did seem to be losing control of events. Early last week, diplomats living near the People's Palace in Kabul heard bursts of machine...
Most of their victims were in Cell Block 4, which housed suspected informers and others with reason to fear violence from fellow inmates. According to survivors, the "execution squad" doused some men with gasoline and set them on fire; others were hacked to death with homemade knives. Members of the...
Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias must share the blame for The Jerk's tedious and disjointed script, which features Navin as the adopted son of poor blacks in Mississippi who leaves his family's shack to "find himself" in St. Louis. Navin, the Jerk, lacks any semblance of social grace...
Among U.S. allies in Europe, only Britain, which has consistently backed the U.S. in the Afghanistan crisis, expressed immediate support for Carter. With Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher nodding agreement, Deputy Foreign Secretary Sir Ian Gilmour declared in the House of Commons: "We and our American allies will use all possible...
Relations between the two nations could hardly have been worse. A mob of fanatical Muslims had attacked the U.S. embassy in Islamabad last November; by the time the siege was lifted, seven hours later, two Americans were dead. The U.S., meanwhile, had consistently obstructed Pakistani efforts to build a uranium...