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...precisely when the Reagan Administration was on the verge of approving the Israeli plan to sell arms to Iran. The wildly contradictory policies toward two nations suspected of fomenting terrorism showed the Administration's failure to develop any consistent antiterrorist policy. One of the promoters of a Libyan invasion supposedly was Robert Gates, then CIA deputy director for intelligence. He is said to have written a memo in July 1985 plugging an invasion as a way to "redraw the map of North Africa...
After the Libyan allegations broke, Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Specter said Gates' confirmation "is no longer a shoo-in." The committee had already put off a vote until at least next week, in case the Tower commission disclosed something new about Gates' role in Iranscam. There is still some ambiguity about that role. Two sources told TIME last week that Gates helped piece together the Ollie chronology. The CIA vehemently denies it. In fact, one official says Gates visited North's office late last November to demand that North admit he lied about one point...
...usual TV fare of movies and soccer was abruptly interrupted by the macabre image of six hooded Libyans with nooses around their necks, perched atop stools. As horrified Libyan viewers watched last week, executioners moved down the line of the doomed, kicking over the stools. The state-run TV also showed three soldiers as they were shot to death by firing squads...
...British-run school in Egypt that was the cradle of leadership for the elite of the Middle East. Khashoggi's classmates included two princes who would become Kings, Faisal II of Iraq and Hussein of Jordan. There Khashoggi learned the rudiments of dealmaking. He found out that a Libyan schoolmate's father wanted to buy sheets and towels; he knew that an Egyptian classmate's father manufactured them. He introduced buyer and seller, and it yielded his first commission, about...
Public strikes cause chaos in France. -- Chad scores a victory against Libyan forces. -- South Africa's new attacks on the press...