Word: lebanon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...takeover of the French embassy in The Hague in order to free a compatriot from prison points to an alarming central fact about contemporary terrorism: the growing links of these organizations. A number of West German radicals, for example, got their combat training at Palestinian-run camps in Lebanon and Southern Yemen. Libya, which seems willing to bankroll revolutionaries all over the world, has supplied many of the groups with arms...
...working groups for the negotiation and conclusion of peace treaties will be formed as follows: a) Egypt-Israel, b) Jordan-Israel, c) Syria-Israel, d) Lebanon-Israel. All the parties agree that Lebanon may join the conference when it so requests...
...moments of extreme crisis for the P.L.O., debate is sometimes suspended and democracy begins (or ends) at the barrel of a gun. During the recent mini war in southern Lebanon (TIME, Oct. 3), for example, Arafat's Fatah troops accepted a cease-fire designed to halt fighting between Palestinians and the Lebanese Christians. The P.F.L.P. refused and continued to lob shells toward Israel. Arafat solved the problem: he ordered his men to arrest 14 P.F.L.P officers until Habash agreed to the truce...
...identities. In a brief conversation with an agent of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Cyprus (who said he was trying to persuade the terrorists to surrender), one of the skyjackers called himself Harda Mahmoud. He claimed to be a survivor of the Tal Zaa-tar Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, which had been overrun by Christian forces during the Lebanese civil war. The other male terrorist identified himself as Walter Mohammed. The skyjackers may be members of Min Beirut, a previously unknown Beirut-based guerrilla group that last week claimed responsibility for the skyjacking. Proclaiming Min Beirut's solidarity...
From frogs to DNA, from Washington to Lebanon, thesis topics range widely. Writing a thesis can be a tremendous challenge, and for many people offers a welcome chance to study a subject in great depth. But, for others, a thesis means only sleepless nights and blank pages in the typewriter...