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...that was the case, her seemingly undiplomatic diplomacy was well-advised. Even before Hussein announced his plan, rumors abounded in the Middle East that Israel and Jordan had already mapped out a peace plan at a series of secret meetings. Reported details of the agreement included extraterritoriality for Moslem shrines in Jerusalem and Arab sectors of the city, and Israeli withdrawal from a demilitarized West Bank, except for a string of armed settlements near the river...
...immediate effect of the raids was to create a crisis in Lebanon, whose fragile Christian-Moslem political entente was shattered two years ago following similar Israeli raids and a Lebanese army crackdown on guerrilla activities. Under an agreement following that flare-up, Lebanon had let the fedayeen more or less take over Fatahland in return for pledges not to move into the villages or fire into Israel from Lebanese territory...
...totaling $104 million. Last December, Hussein violated the aid agreement by lending nine of his American-supplied F-104 Starfighters to Pakistan for the war against India. India, which now is Jordan's biggest phosphate customer, accepted the explanation that Hussein was chivalrously helping a fellow Moslem nation and did not retaliate...
Daddy is big indeed. A former heavyweight champion of Uganda -he retired undefeated in 1960-Amin packs about 240 Ibs. on his chunky 6-ft. 3-in. frame. He is also not your ordinary, everyday military dictator. A devout Moslem who detests hashish and miniskirts with equal fervor, he has four wives, three of whom take turns acting as official hostesses at presidential tea parties in Kampala. On Uganda's hotter days, Amin is likely to show up at hotel pools clad only in a pair of faded blue shorts...
...time being, Bangladesh will be dependent upon India for financial, military and other aid. Bhutto may well have been reasoning that sooner or later the Bangladesh leaders will tire of the presence of Indian troops and civil servants, and be willing to consider a new relation with their humbled Moslem brothers...