Word: fatahland
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Israeli strikes into "Fatahland" also dramatized the dangerous vulnerability of Lebanon, which is as helpless to fend off such external attacks as it is to control its own endemic sectarian strife. Beirut has been sliding deeper into its gloomiest mood since the civil war of 1975-76. Sniping attacks between armed rival gangs, unexplained explosions, mysterious abductions-the common currency of a city on the edge of anarchy-are on the increase. Shops close shortly after sundown, and the streets are nearly empty by early evening. Wealthy Lebanese have again sent their wives and children out of Beirut for safety...