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...think tank he helped establish. After enlisting Ford's support, he visited six Middle East countries to recruit participants and also to catch up on recent developments in the region. Both men received background papers from such former policymakers as Harold Saunders, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Philip Habib...
...Israel's role in Lebanon. You know, sometimes it is enough to deter somebody with your existence, with your presence. The concept of [former U.S. Special Envoy] Philip Habib was to get us out of Lebanon. Now people would like to have us in Lebanon in order to deter the Syrians from exercising too much pressure on the Lebanese government and taking too much control of Lebanon. If we are not there, you don't have any leverage with the Syrians...
...other nominees this year included some strong competition: the Pope, former U.S. Middle East Negotiator Philip Habib, Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal and several international organizations, like the United Nations Children's Fund. In citing its reasons for picking Walesa, the Nobel committee declared that his activities had "been characterized by a determination to solve his country's problems through negotiation and cooperation without resorting to violence." It added: "Lech Walesa's contribution is both an inspiration and an example." The committee knew its decision would create a stir. Said Chairman Egil Aarvik: "I don't expect...
...decision to send its armed forces into Muslim-dominated West Beirut last week following the assassination of Lebanon's President-elect Bashir Gemayel. The Israeli action alarmed the U.S., which saw it as a violation of a promise the Israelis made this summer to U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib while he was negotiating the withdrawal of Palestine Liberation Organization guerrillas from West Beirut. It frightened the Lebanese capital's Muslim population, infuriated the governments of other Arab states, and led to a United Nations Security Council resolution calling on the Israelis to withdraw from Beirut...
...eastern Lebanon, meanwhile, Syrians and Israelis remain poised within sight of each other across a tense, mile-wide line. Assad's influence has also reached right into the inner circles of U.S. diplomacy. Partly because Assad refused to see him again, Washington replaced U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib with Robert McFarlane. After his first meeting with the Syrian President three weeks ago, McFarlane left Damascus as frustrated and empty-handed as his predecessor...