Word: expel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proof. In short, the KGB was pointing to a danger that Amin-if he could ride the tiger of Muslim insurgency and come out on top as the leader of an Islamic Afghanistan-not only would turn to the West but would also expel the Soviet Union-lock, stock and barrel-from Afghanistan. On political grounds, the KGB argued, it would be better, even at this late hour, to put Karmal in as President...
...effort earlier this month to expel Israel from the United Nations because it is "not a peace-loving nation" should give pause for thought. Surely, Israel's international behavior even if unjust in Lebanon, does not rate as the most bellicose in the world. Perhaps dozens of countries "love peace" much less than Israel, yet the Arabs singled out the Jewish state. Had the expulsion issue come to a vote, judging from past patterns of U. N. voting on Israel-related issues the Arab League might well have received considerable worldwide support,. The voting records of France, Italy and other...
Among the many factors that produced the change in attitude, one stood out: a blunt warning by U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz that Washington would withdraw both its presence and its all-important funding from the General Assembly and from any U.N. affiliate that voted to expel Israel. This year the U.S. is slated to contribute $179.8 million to the U.N., or 25% of the organization's entire budget, in contrast to $79 million, or 11%, from the Soviet Union. Washington made it clear that the U.S. threat did not extend to the strategic U.N. Security Council...
When asked why his country was trying to expel Israel from the General Assembly, the Libyan ambassador to the U.N. explained, "Israel is not a peace-loving nation." Assuming for a moment the validity of that statement, you wonder whether Libya won't go after Iran and Iraq next. The little war those two countries are fighting has claimed tens of thousands of lives. Or how about the Soviet Union, whose troops recently slaughtered more than 200 Afghan civilians in a single afternoon? And what of the Palestine Liberation Organization, currently seeking U.N. recognition? Won't the Libyans...
Shultz has become concerned about moves by radical Arab nations to expel Israel from some U.N. agencies. Last month Israel was excluded from the International Atomic Energy Agency, prompting a U.S. walkout. There are signs that similar actions could be taken by other affiliated groups, and even the General Assembly. Shultz made it clear that the U.S. would walk out of, and withhold funds from, any organization that made such a move...