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...least did not say no. But the visit to Israel was denounced by Syrian President Hafez Assad, the Soviet Union, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the main rejection-front states, Iraq, Libya and Algeria. Last week the anti-Sadat forces gathered in Tripoli at the behest of Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, who called the participants the "steadfast states." (Others dubbed the conference the "sorehead summit.") A second meeting of the rejectionists is supposed to take place in Baghdad...
Washington apparently accepts Sadat's analysis of the Libyan plots. Last week the White House announced that -with approval from the strong pro-Israel bloc in Congress-the U.S. will sell Egypt 14 C-130 transports, worth $180 million, to replace aging Soviet equipment. Among other uses, the planes could ferry Egyptian troops to the Sudan if necessary, since the two nations have a mutual defense pact. Cairo will also buy reconnaissance drones and sophisticated aerial cameras. President Carter promised in addition to look after Sudan's "legitimate defense needs." A U.S. military team will fly to Khartoum...
...Gaddafi's ultimate target was Sadat himself. The first real clue that something was afoot came two months ago, when Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy returned home from Moscow after an unsuccessful mission to improve the cool relations between Egypt and the Soviet Union. Fahmy had protested the Libyan military buildup; the Soviets had bluntly told him that it was none of Cairo's business...
Among the casualties on the Libyan side, according to reports circulating in the Arab world, were three Russians killed and one wounded among the estimated 1,500 Soviet technicians manning the radar equipment with which Moscow has provided Gaddafi. Cairo claimed to be holding 42 Libyan prisoners; Tripoli said it had captured 60 Egyptians. The Egyptians admitted the loss of two planes, one of which was photographed by the gleeful Libyans, but outside sources monitoring the war counted seven Egyptian planes downed...
...Libyan broadcasts warned listeners of the need to "keep a finger on the trigger." One high Egyptian official told Correspondent Wynn: "The shooting has stopped. But this thing will go on and on so long as Gaddafi is in power...