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History's classic murders for policy purposes were committed by the 11th-century Moslem sect of Assassins, founded by the fanatically ambitious Hasan ibn-al-Sabbah. Established in a rocky fortress in the Elburz mountains, Hasan propagated his autocratic rule by a program of systematic murder. His killers were the Fida'is (devout ones), young men trained from adolescence in a sort of Green Beret tradition to murder with a variety of weapons...
...fighting broke out again, Franjieh named a military government headed by retired Brigadier General Noureddin Rifai to restore order. The appointment was in keeping with a long-standing rule that the Lebanese President should be a Maronite Christian (which Franjieh is), while the Premier should be a Sunni Moslem (as Rifai is). Lebanese Moslems were furious at the appointment, nonetheless, because Rifai represents the army, whose officer corps is predominantly Christian. The Palestinians and even the neighboring Syrians were also angry. Damascus quickly dispatched its Foreign Minister to Beirut to express its displeasure...
Karami, son of a founding father of Lebanon, quickly reassured the Moslem population that "we will always cooperate with our brothers, the Palestinians." But he is also respected by most Christians, including the Phalangists...
...days of fighting that had taken at least 120 more lives, began to disperse their private armies. But at week's end a Palestinian youth was shot down by a street gang, and suddenly the city was again a battleground. South of Beirut, a Christian village and a Moslem village exchanged rocket and mortar fire; a merchant in the Christian community was killed. It is thus clear that Karami's first mission-re-establishing order-may be his hardest...
...entourage that included his wife Joan, daughter Kara, sisters Jean Smith and Pat Lawford, and her daughter Victoria. Sandwiched into their 6 a.m.-to-midnight schedule was a visit to the religious shrine in Meshed, Iran, where the women donned the hooded black robes required for entry into Moslem holy places. Elsewhere, however, there was less tourism and more talk of politics. How would Kennedy respond to a presidential draft at the Democratic Convention? asked one Iranian student. The Senator paused, reached into a pocket for his new gift from Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Fahd, and replied...