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...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...
Since then, students have become an integral part of the liberal progressive faction that has championed issues of social and economic justice in Cambridge. With votes of students, the city councilors backed by the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) have been able to remain in a precarious balance of power with city conservatives...
Leonard J. Russell led the council's conservative Independent faction with $9723.84 in his coffers. Included in his receipts was a total of $9426 which he listed as "various fundraising under $15." Contributions of more than $15 must be attributed under state campaign finance laws...
...before the Cambridge City Council last night got embroiled in politics. The resolution, which supported O'Neill in condemning the invasion as "an act of war not sanctioned by Congress," was proposed by Councilors Saundra Graham and David E. Sullivan, both members of the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) faction on the council...