Word: lebanon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...arrest this month in Paris, Abu Daoud's doings have been murkier than ever. He apparently has concentrated on diplomatic chores for the P.L.O., part of the time in Baghdad. But Daoud also commanded a Palestinian unit that fought with Moslem leftists in Beirut during the Lebanon civil war. Partly because he dropped out of terrorist work and partly because they think he is still working for the Jordanians, Israeli intelligence insists that he is no longer a prime target. "We don't kill spies of friendly nations," says one agent, with a smile. Abu Daoud, however, would...
...either at war or at peace," argues Syrian President Hafez Assad. At the moment Assad and other Arab leaders are opting for peace. The Syrian leader and Egypt's Anwar Sadat recently smoothed over a lengthy feud involving Syrian intervention in Lebanon; last week Jordan's King Hussein and Sadat met to discuss peace strategies and Palestinian statehood...
...more paranoid terms: they've learned how to kill and they don't want to stop. Whether it is Rhodesia, Angola or Lebanon, they want someone to pay them and point them. The bizarre rock star David Bowie put words in their mouths in a frightening ditty in 1972: "It seems the peacefuls stopped the war/Left generals squashed and stifled/But I'll slip about again tonight/'Cause they haven't taken back my rifle...
...they have a mass media publication to follow. You can step into a Harvard Square newsstand (close enough to home?) pick up a copy and find out that mercenaries are being recruited to fight with the Christian forces in Lebanon at $600 a week. You can find out where to send for an illustrated catalogue of machine guns, silencers, and special weapons...
Liberal Beirutis are angrily determined not to allow anything ominous to happen while they try to revive their city. Christian Philosopher-Politician Charles Malik, onetime United Nations General Assembly president, cites some of the limits to what Lebanon will endure for its Syrian-imposed peace: "We will not give up our individual or our international freedom. We will not have a closed education system like that in some other Oriental countries. We will not be cut off from the West, and we Christians will not become a subservient minority like the Copts of Egypt...