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Lured out of Libya, Edwin Wilson stumbles in from the cold
Meanwhile, in Washington, Attorney General William French Smith announced the capture and praised the U.S. Marshals Service for an "outstanding investigative effort." The Justice Department had been trying to lure Wilson out of Libya since last year. Twice the rogue agent nearly walked into the trap, then warily drew away. The final-and successful-plot, devised by the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington, was deemed "too risky" by the FBI, according to Justice officials. But the unheralded Marshals Service, a 2,100-member arm of the Justice Department, responsible for capturing fugitives, embraced the scheme. "The marshals...
Habre's victory was assured when Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi snubbed Goukouni's last-ditch plea for assistance. In 1980 Gaddafi dispatched 4,000 troops to N'Djamena to salvage Goukouni's regime. One year later, Goukouni asked Gaddafi to withdraw his forces in favor of a three-nation peacekeeping contingent sent by the Organization of African Unity. Gaddafi assented, apparently because he will begin a one-year stint as chairman of the O.A.U. in August and did not wish to give his peers any pretext to boycott his anointment...
...true that many Palestinians prefer the radical governments of Syria and Libya over those of moderate Arab leaders. This attitude gained ground because the moderate King Hussein did not help the Palestinians when he had the chance in 1973, while Syria's Assad and Libya's Gaddafi have always been willing to aid the P.L.O...
...desert war that neither the Moroccans nor their enemies appear to be capable of winning. The war, centered in the former Spanish Sahara to the south of Morocco, pits Hassan's armed forces against the guerrillas of the Polisario Front. The rebels, who are supported by Algeria and Libya, hope to create an independent state in the barren, 103,000-sq.-mi. territory...