Word: factionalization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Karmal, 52, is a revolutionary of un abashedly pro-Soviet leanings. In the mid-'60s he formed a faction of the People's Democratic [Communist] Party that hewed closely to Moscow's line. After the 1978 coup that brought rivals in a more in dependent party faction to power, he was sent off into diplomatic exile as Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. In December 1979, when the Soviets invaded and killed his predecessor, Hafizullah Amin, Karmal emerged as the new leader...
...twelve-year dictatorial reign. As Vice President George Bush put it last week: "He's the world's principal terrorist and trainer of terrorists." Gaddafi has provided funds for the provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army, harbored terrorists from West Germany's Red Army Faction and Japan's Red Army, and backed extremists in the ranks of the Palestine Liberation Organization. While his role in last week's assassination is disparaged, his hand in other, failed plots against Egypt is a certainty. For four days in 1977, Libya and Egypt clashed in a brisk...
...Conservative faction argued that federal legislation will not decrease crime or deter criminals. "Those who want to kill will kill anyway," Cooper said...
Several students attending the lecture said the disrupting group was composed mainly of members of the Muslim Student Association (MSA), a pro-Khomeini faction and rival...
...brutal re-emergence of the Red Army Faction shook West German authorities out of the complacent belief that the nation's leftist terrorism had largely been brought under control. From a peak of 150 hard-core members four years ago, the Red Army Faction has dwindled to about 30 as a result of arrests, deaths in clashes with police and desertions from the cause. Despite their limited numbers, say West German officials, the terrorists want to exploit the wave of protest against the NATO decision to deploy U.S. medium-range nuclear missiles in Western Europe...