Word: habib
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from the French units that had been there since the previous Saturday. First ashore was the flag-bearer, Lance Corporal James Dunaway, of Hattiesburg, Miss., followed by 200 men of Company E of the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit. A Marine emblem pinned to his shirt, U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib, who had negotiated the agreement between Israel and the P.L.O. that led to the Palestinians' withdrawal, stepped forward to greet Marine Colonel James Mead, commander of the volunteer force...
...Obviously, we'll use whatever we have in the unlikely event that we must defend ourselves. I must defend myself and my men." Mead was also greeted by Colonel Souhail Darghouth, commander of the Lebanese army units in the port area. "Ahlan wa sahlan, "said the Lebanese colonel. Habib, who has known a smattering of Arabic since his childhood, told Mead, "It means you are welcome here...
...solve the problem, Envoy Habib flew to Tel Aviv for a talk with Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, who has directed the Israeli military operation in Lebanon. At the meeting, Sharon, who refuses to describe the removal of the P.L.O. guerrillas from West Beirut as an "evacuation," asked Habib bluntly, "How is the expulsion going?" Replied Habib: "The evacuation is proceeding according to plan." Habib then asked Sharon to make sure that...
...Habib overcame both problems with his diligence, his meticulous preparation and his deep personal knowledge of the key participants. Habib, who is the son of a Lebanese grocer and who grew up in a Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, also had a feel for the fears and desires of both sides...
...Finally, Habib has a distinctive personal touch that helped move the talks along. Dealing with the loquacious Menachem Begin, Habib would let him run on a while, then interrupt him with a blunt deflator: "Prime Minister, what you're really saying is this . . ." Habib had a different style from Henry Kissinger, whom he assisted during the Middle East shuttles in 1974 that led to the disengagement agreements made by Israel with both Egypt and Syria. "Kissinger," says one Israeli official, "was more of a preacher. He'd lecture us. Habib takes pains to avoid that...