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...from the newly outspoken Saudis, who went so far as to suggest bringing the Soviet Union into Middle East diplomacy. Even Reagan's success in forging a warm, personal relationship with Hussein was less cheering than it might be: at the end of a visit to Washington, the Jordanian King surprised his host by disclosing that he had agreed to buy SA-6 antiaircraft missiles from the Soviets. Altogether, the week's news reinforced an impression that the Administration is improvising day to day in Middle East diplomacy rather than following a careful strategy. Said one American lobbyist...
Reagan and Hussein seemed to get along well, and the Jordanian King pronounced himself "more reassured" than after any of his many previous visits to Washington. (He first came to the U.S. during the Eisenhower Administration, and has now conferred with six U.S. Presidents.) Hussein's young American-born wife, Queen Nur, the former Lisa Halaby, and Nancy Reagan also posed amiably for pictures. But little of substance was accomplished. Hussein politely but firmly repeated his refusal to join in the Camp David process, called the Fahd plan "worthy of consideration," and insisted that the P.L.O. ought...
Worse, an Egyptian-Saudi-Jordanian coalition could well terrify Israel, leading it either to balk at returning the rest of the Sinai to Egyptian rule on schedule next April, or to continue stalling on negotiations with Cairo to provide autonomy for the 1.3 million Palestinian Arabs of the occupied West Bank and Gaza, or both. The Reagan Administration has proved notably unwilling to lean on Israel in any way that would assuage Arab fears. Washington's ineffectual protests against Israeli air raids on the Iraqi nuclear reactor, and on Palestinian areas of Beirut, were widely and bitterly noted...
...Jewish settlements. During a military career that spanned nearly three decades he earned a reputation both as a swashbuckling, Patton-like commander who sometimes overstepped his orders and as a brilliant tactician. In 1953 he created an international incident by leading an Israeli raid into Jordan that left 69 Jordanian civilians dead. Miffed because he had been passed over for the post of chief of staff, he resigned from the army in 1973 to seek a political career. When his reserve unit was activated during the October 1973 war, he saved the day for Israel by leading a task force...
...prepared. They replied in perfect Arabic, apparently convincing the ground spotters that the sighting was either Jordanian or Saudi aircraft. As the flight went on, the Israelis were aided by the fact that the surrounding Arab countries have failed to establish an integrated air defense command. Thus the Jordanians did not pass on the sighting either to Saudi Arabia or to Iraq...