Word: lebanons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gloves and ordered two young Marines to flank him with their bodies in order to keep him as warm as possible and shield him from the 45-degree wind whipping through the portals through which the helicopter's machine guns protruded. One of those Marines was Paul Bruce of Lebanon, Maine, a 20-year-old lance corporal who could see that the young pilot was in emotional tatters. "When he first got on the helo, he was sobbing and weeping," said Bruce. "It was more than just a tear or two. His chest was heaving -- he was so grateful...
...talks between senior Israeli and Syrian military officers. Among them: thatIsraeli withdrawal from the Golanwould be phased (Syria wants a one-year timeframe, Israel wants five years), and that the U.S. would monitor and oversee the process. Israel and the U.S. would also recognize a Syrian role in Lebanon, while Syria would ensure that Lebanon is no longer a staging ground for attacks on Israel...
...between senior Israeli and Syrian military officers. Among them: that Israeli withdrawal from the Golan would be phased (Syria wants a one-year timeframe, Israel wants five years), and that the U.S. would monitor and oversee the process. Israel and the U.S. would also recognize a Syrian role in Lebanon, while Syria would ensure that Lebanon is no longer a staging ground for attacks on Israel...
None of this means, of course, that we should not tirelessly pursue all leads in the Oklahoma bombing, or that Islamic terrorist cells are not obvious candidates for responsibility. Organizations ranging from the Armed Islamic Group in Algeria to Hamas in Israel and the occupied territories, from Hizbollah in Lebanon to Sheikh Rahman and friends in New Jersey, have wreaked havoc on civilian targets in the name of Islam. States across the Middle East from Iran to the Sudan have proved themselves able and willing to sponsor this brand of terror throughout the West...
Ironically, Marlowe feels at home in Algeria. It reminds her of Beirut, where she lives with her husband Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent for the London newspaper the Independent. "Like Lebanon," she says, "Algeria is marked by French as well as Arab culture. Both countries have been tugged back and forth, and the resulting identity crises led in both cases...