Word: libyans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Last week's raid could have myriad consequences. For one thing, it put Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi on notice that his country is not beyond the reach of Israeli air power. More important, however, may be the adverse effect on possible Middle East talks between Jordan and Israel. It will hurt King Hussein, particularly among moderate Arabs whose support he has been seeking. In visits to Washington and New York last week, Hussein went a long way toward meeting U.S. demands that he make clear his willingness to negotiate directly with Israel. Arafat, who last week vowed vengeance...
...General Assembly chamber, an anti-Castro group fired a 3 1/2-in. bazooka round at the U.N. from the Queens side of the East River. (It fell 200 yds. short, rattling the windows and more than a few delegates.) The security chiefs' greatest fear this time around is that Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi and Cuban President Fidel Castro, both of whom are expected to attend, will arrive at the U.N. on the same...
...away from home when he visits Los Angeles, and its staff is trained to accommodate the hordes of Secret Service agents and reporters who accompany him. It was here that the President slept soundly, undisturbed by his aides, when U.S. fighter planes returned hostile fire and shot down two Libyan jets several years...
...Tunisia were outraged. Some 23,000 of the country's workers were returning home from neighboring Libya bearing tales of forced detention, beatings and the seizure of possessions, including their passports. The unhappy caravan was the first wave of some 90,000 Tunisian workers in Libya affected by Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi's decision earlier this month to expel foreign workers. Libya's economy has been hard hit by reduced earnings resulting from the oil glut...
Tunisia retaliated last week by ordering the expulsion of 253 Libyans, including 30 diplomats. It also closed Libyan consulates and cultural centers in Tunis and the seaport city of Sfax. As tension between the two countries grew, the Tunisian news agency reported that three Libyan aircraft had flown 30 miles into Tunisia. The pro-Western government of President Habib Bourguiba, which has already put its army on the alert, fired off a protest to Gaddafi over the violation of Tunisian air space. Tunisian Foreign Minister Beji Caid Essebsi gave a somber assessment of the situation, describing it as "a grave...