Word: iskandar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Iskandar Ismall performs with own band. At Berklee Recital Hall, 1140 Boylston St., Boston, at 7:30 p.m. Free. Call 266-1400 for info...
...rescue Cabinet, Franjieh and Karami grappled with the question of whether to send in Lebanon's 18,000-man armed forces to end the fighting. Some political leaders were reluctant to do so, since the officer corps is dominated by Maronite Christians. Moreover, the army commander, Major General Iskandar Ghanem, an old friend of Franjieh's, had antagonized Moslems by ordering the army two years ago to attack militant Palestinians in Lebanon, and by his inability to protect the country from Israeli attacks (another one took place last week, aimed at Palestinian camps in the south). Finally...
...Kissinger's step-by-step approach to a settlement, he wanted to force a return to Geneva, where he felt Syria would have a better chance of extracting concessions from Israel. "This is the best card we have in our hands now," explained Syrian Information Minister Ahmed Iskandar, referring to the Nov. 30 deadline. "We are not giving it up for nothing. One year has passed [since the October war] and what has happened...