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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first light of dawn, troop-car rying Israeli helicopters lifted off their pads near Jericho and Sodom and raced eastward deep into neighboring Jordan. As soon as they had landed their in fantrymen in blocking positions, the main Israeli invasion force began to roll. North of the Dead Sea, Centurion tanks laden with helmeted paratroopers and halftrack personnel carriers trun dling infantrymen rumbled across the Allenby and Damiya bridges onto Jordan's East Bank. A second task force punched across the border south of the Dead Sea. Israeli artillery laid down a barrage that walked just ahead...
...this warning, it was also not surprising that the Arabs were about as prepared for the onslaught as Arabs can ever be. South of the Dead Sea, the Israelis easily overran the three tiny towns of San, Feifa and Dahal, and some 20 guerrillas were reported killed. But the main Israeli attack on the onetime refugee camp of Karamah north of the Dead Sea proved to be another matter. When they were no more than a mile into Jordanian territory, the Israeli armored columns were met by Jordanian tanks, which gave fierce battle and pinned down half of the Israeli...
...their civilian jobs, a practice that makes guerrilla fight ing more attractive and assures Asifa penetration into all levels of civilian life. They undergo formal guerrilla train mg at bases such as the Karamah refugee camp, which was the mam target of last week's Israeli assault. To main tain a semblance of secrecy, Asifa is organized into c. like "elements" of 30 to 40 men, each of which takes orders only from a central high command. It also tor-bids its members to use their correct names, assigns each a number or pseudonym instead...
...North Vietnamese have invaded in force. Neighboring Laos shares that unhappy distinction, despite the fact that, under the Geneva accords of 1962, no foreign forces are permitted in the neutralist Elephant Kingdom of 3,000,000 people. From the very beginning, Hanoi broke that agreement by routing the main part of the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos. Now the North is stepping up its attacks on the Royal Lao government itself, hitting with force up and down the length of the narrow nation...
...making more enemies than friends for the parochial school cause. Nevertheless, the organization plans no letup in its crusade for what it terms "the right of parents to educate their children as they see fit." Says National President Paul Mecklenborg of Cincinnati, a Catholic accountant: "Our main concern is the equal distribution of the tax dollar, no matter where the child goes, as long as the school is accredited." Insists James Pie, a CEF Catholic spokesman in Pennsylvania: "The more CEF tells the story, the more converts we are going...