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Word: lebanonization (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...directly to the Revolutionary Guards, Iran's most radical faction. And when North and Poindexter tried to open a "second channel," they wound up dealing with some of the same principals. One of the Iranians may have helped plan the kidnap- murder of William Buckley, the CIA operative in Lebanon whose capture especially angered Reagan and Casey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes the Prosecutor | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

...flair for transcribing screaming headlines into plausible matters of fiction. Before he joined the Post in 1986, Ignatius, 37, spent three years during the early 1980s as Middle East correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. Among the many events he witnessed was the continuing demolition of civilized life in Lebanon by indigenous sects and fractious neighbors. Having reported parts of this complex and in many ways preposterous story, Ignatius has now set about lending these experiences the coherence of make-believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Enchanted City AGENTS OF INNOCENCE | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

Problems, of course, ensue. The CIA director notes the "mess" that will occur "if the Israelis find out that we're running an agent at the top of the P.L.O." Furthermore, Rogers and his colleagues in Lebanon slowly discover themselves embroiled in a game with no recognizable rules. After a possibly dangerous mission early in his tenure there, Rogers remarks, "Nobody in the Middle East would dare harm a representative of the United States." This is before the car bombs start blowing Beirut apart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Enchanted City AGENTS OF INNOCENCE | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...says Ramon, pulling out a calculator. "Your countrymen have been rather lax about their financial obligations to the United Nations. There's $28 million you owe for the regular budget--you know, for everyday items like tips, office supplies, kickbacks, and bribes; $172 million for peacekeeping in Southern Lebanon...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: Coffee at the U.N. | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...Peacekeeping in Southern Lebanon? What peacekeeping?" Buddy interjects...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: Coffee at the U.N. | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

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