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...bold attempt to create a crisis that would ensure his re-election in June. Begin's aides angrily denied the charge. There were some signs that a debate was waging within Begin's Likud coalition over the possible political advantages of a Middle East crisis. The sensationalist leftist weekly Ha 'olam Ha 'zeh reported that proponents of war now argued that strife would 1) shatter the peace treaty with Egypt and thus permit Israel to hold on to the northern and eastern third of the Sinai rather than restore the territory to the Egyptians...
...economic aid. Reagan's election has diminished hopes that this expression of opposition will continue. In a recent Commentary article U. N. representative Jeane Kirkpatrick advocates support of Garcia Meza's regime and argues that the human rights violations are not significant. Shortly after the article was published, nine Leftist leaders were massacred by the government...
Others who spoke at the Pentagon between performances by several musical groups included women's rights leader and former New York Rep. Bella Abzug. Larry Holmes, head of the WWP and a ranking member of PAM. and a spokesman for El Salvador's leftist Democratic Revolutionary Front...
...have shrouded the contingent in controversy and forced it to keep a low profile. The men are under orders to steer clear of combat, and are assigned only to bases outside the fighting areas. The heavy security is also due to their obvious vulnerability to assassination attempts by leftist guerrillas...
John Zucker, WBBM's press manager, said yesterday that WBBM staff members in El Salvador have tried to talk with "people from both sides. Including the leftist opposition," but added that she does not know of any personal contacts between Bourgeois and the guerrillas...