Word: faction
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...Iran in 1953). We also support repressive dictatorships around the globe (Ferdinand Macros of the Philippines, Chun Doo Hwan of South Korea, etc.) to suit our own geopolitical and strategic interests. By ferreting out known Bishop supporters, the U.S. government is preventing the leaders of a major political faction from participating in the democratic forum. Without the international fallout of heavy-handed paternalism, this weeding-out process subtly changes Grenada's political composition--skewing the election results months in advance...
...wing of Amal, the country's dominant Shi'ite organization, accused the group's leader, Nabih Berri, of not adhering to the Ayatullah's edicts. The gaunt and bearded Musawi left Beirut with several hundred followers, mostly hard-core fighters. He promptly established the new faction of Islamic Amal in Baalbek, some 40 miles away in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley...
...over his activities. He holds limited and well-screened press-conferences and seems to feel that all the press is owed is statements, not explanations. He triex, through his television appearances, to be his own press expecting that the public will view the newspapers as some from of Democratic faction, since it refuses to sanction his activities...
...more than a week, the durable chieftain and some 4,000 diehard supporters fought off a savage offensive by an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 Syrian-backed guerrillas in and around the northern port city of Tripoli. According to Abu Mousa, leader of the rebel faction that mounted the assault, it was meant only to persuade Arafat to enter a "dialogue of reform" with P.L.O. dissidents who oppose his policies. The battle, in reality, was nothing less than a crude move by Syria to squelch Arafat once and for all and seize control of the P.L.O. Faced with...
...light of the fact that any comprehensive settlement would probably dictate offering at least some Jordanian territory for a Palestinian homeland. Furthermore, any settlement negotiated by Hussein would be meaningless if the PLO forces that now oppose Arafat did not endorse it--hardly a likely scenario. The extremist faction, through terrorist attacks, could easily disrupt tentative settlement...