Word: guerrillas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unnamed Lebanese leaders. Out of these negotiations has come a secret but potentially decisive Israeli intervention in the 17-month-old Lebanese civil war. Acting with the agreement of Lebanon's Christian leadership and a moderate group of Moslems, Israel is moving to wipe out forever the Palestinian guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon. As Foreign Minister Yigal Allon said last week, "A situation will be created in which we will not permit any faction to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to act against Israel from Lebanese regions close to the border...
...state. The arrangement also has, for the moment at least, put the Israelis on the same side as the Syrians, who months ago shifted from support of the Moslems in Lebanon to active intervention on the side of the Christians. The new deal is basically limited to the Palestinian guerrilla issue. It may not last; it may not lead to any broader agreement. But it does suggest at least a possibility for a peaceful settlement of the entire Middle East struggle...
...this secret diplomacy resulted in what may be the most significant change in the Middle East situation since the 1973 war. Israel's role in Lebanon has been expanded from that of arms supplier to limited partner in the anti-guerrilla war effort. The change combines with the almost cordial relationship that Israel now has with Egypt and the slow disintegration of the unity the Arabs enjoyed in the wake of the 1973 conflict. With Libya at odds with both Egypt and Syria, and such oil-rich nations as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait supporting the region's moderates...
...territory's 850,000 inhabitants). But the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO), representing much of the powerful Ovambo tribe that makes up 46% of Namibia's population, was determined to form the new government on its own terms. In the meantime, it waged guerrilla warfare against the existing regime from bases in Angola and Zambia...
...Atlantic coastline, which South Africa has held as a separate entity since 1910. Small wonder, then, that the new Namibian government is expected to sign a security agreement allowing South African troops to be based on Namibian soil. The troops will defend the new government against SWAPO guerrilla raids. More important from South Africa's viewpoint, they will preserve Namibia's status as a buffer to the north...