Word: incidentally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rock- throwing mobs continue their frenzied attacks as bewildered security forces wonder what to do next. In the most inflammatory incident yet, police attack demonstrators on the sacred grounds of Jerusalem' s Temple Mount. -- Five Central American leaders meet in Costa Rica and give peace another chance. -- A dynasty ends...
In the Rafah incident, Israel army radio said people armed with knives attacked an army patrol that had tried to force the attackers back with smoke bombs. It said soldiers opened fire because their lives were in danger.
In an unrelated but chillingly similar incident last week, seven members of an Iowa family were found shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide.
As Rabin spoke, the Israelis were in the midst of a military buildup of unprecedented size. Anticipating a new wave of demonstrations on New Year's Day, celebrated as the 23rd anniversary of the founding of the Palestine Liberation Organization (P.L.O.), authorities sent thousands of fresh troops into the territories...
The U.S. response was unusually sharp. The State Department expressed its "disgust," and Attorney General Edwin Meese called the incident a "shocking blow to international law enforcement." The Drug Enforcement Administration's reaction was even more scathing. Said DEA Chief John Lawn: "I'm shocked at the cowardice shown by...