Word: ite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Late in the week the airport was the scene of a mass rally by hundreds of fist-shaking Shi'ite marchers organized by Hizballah. In presumably conscious imitation of the Shi'ite demonstrations outside the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979 and 1980, the militants trampled and burned an American flag and chanted, "Death to Israel and America, the Great Satan." Though their hatred of the U.S. was genuine enough, one purpose of their demonstration in the early summer heat was to steal a little thunder from Amal, with whom they are in conflict for the leadership of Lebanon...
...entirely. As Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who made that statement on ABC's Nightline last week, was well aware, the TWA hostage crisis was an Israeli problem as well. As captor of the 776 mostly Shi'ite Lebanese detainees whose release was demanded by the hijackers of TWA Flight 847, Israel seemed to hold the key to freedom for the 40 captured Americans in Beirut. If Jerusalem refused to assist its most powerful ally, it ran the risk of alienating U.S. public opinion. Yet by cooperating in a trade, Israel would violate its longstanding rule against dealing with terrorists...
...such swap would completely undermine the no-deal rule, some 50,000 Israelis staged an angry protest march in downtown Tel Aviv. Some carried signs urging Peres not to free the detainees under any circumstances. Jerusalem is also enmeshed in a controversy over the legality under which the Shi'ite detainees were brought to Israel. Many nations, including the U.S., contend that Israel violated Article 49 of the Geneva Convention of 1949, which prohibits "forcible transfers . . . from occupied territory" of civilian prisoners. Israeli officials retort that the same article allows for the transfer of civilians outside occupied zones...
...certain how the hijackers of TWA Flight 847 spirited their 9-mm pistol and two grenades aboard the plane. Ali Atwa, a member of the Shi'ite team who did not board and was subsequently arrested in Athens, told officials that the weapons had been wrapped in fiber glass to avoid detection. Security experts, who say that fiber glass cannot foil X-ray machines, believe it is more likely that the arms had been planted on the plane by an accomplice, perhaps an airport worker...
...ite fortunes began to change in the 1960s, following the arrival in the coastal city of Tyre of Moussa Sadr, a highly educated Shi'ite cleric from the holy city of Qom in Iran. A charismatic preacher and shrewd organizer, Moussa Sadr formed a devoted following and in 1969 founded the Higher Shi'ite Council to represent Shi'ite interests to the Beirut government. The council worked for improved schools and hospitals in Shi'ite communities and distributed some welfare funds...