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...which is indirectly engaged in peace talks with Israel. Instead, the P.L.O. has embraced the deportees. The main fundamentalist group, Hamas, for the first time attended a major meeting of the P.L.O. hierarchy in Tunis last Wednesday, while supporters of the two groups in the territories issued an unprecedented joint call for cooperation. Conditions for the deportees continued to deteriorate. The men threatened to swarm across Israeli lines, raising fears of potential slaughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exile To Nowhere | 1/4/1993 | See Source »

...Baidoa expedition exemplifies the doctrine of invincible force espoused by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell. The weaponry en route to liberate Baidoa from the "technicals" -- pickup trucks mounted with machine guns -- may look excessive, but it is intended to ensure minimal resistance. "You have to use overwhelming force," says Lieut. Colonel Tom O'Leary, the commander of Team Tiger. "That's the only way you can go in smiling and waving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gift of Hope | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

...resolution is purposefully vague on the issue of disarming Somalis, yet this is already proving vexatious. Both Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have offered no specific guidelines on how far the troops ought to go in seizing weapons from the local populace, leaving commanders on the ground to figure out the details. Both have stressed, however, that troops will take whatever action they deem necessary when threatened. Pressed on more general plans for disarmament, Oakley said, "We plan to negotiate with the Somalis and have them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Somalia: Great Expectations | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

...THAT Bill Clinton's election spells the end of politics as usual. Windows, a nonunion firm, last month submitted the apparent winning bid to cater the Inaugural luncheon on Capitol Hill. But then, Windows says, a labor official accused the company of misrepresenting itself as a union firm. The JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES subsequently reopened the bidding and awarded the job to a union shop. John Chambers, executive director of the joint committee, denied that Windows had ever officially won the deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The More Things Change | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

...reflects in part the fact that few believe the Waleses' assurance that they have no plans to divorce. Royal credibility is low on such matters. When Princess Margaret and Princess Anne ended their marriages, the announcements were similar, but divorce followed. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York released a joint statement that the breakup does not affect Charles' future position as head of the Church of England. But that church frowns on divorce. As to remarriage, the stricture is so firm that Princess Anne went to Scotland last Saturday to wed Commander Timothy Laurence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Royal Watch: Waiting for Wills | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

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