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From the burning of the U.S. embassy in Tripoli in 1979 to his outspoken support for the murderous attacks at the Rome and Vienna airports last December, Muammar Gaddafi has left a trail of blood and destruction during the past decade. Acting Ambassador-at-Large Robert Oakley told Congress in February that while Syria and Iran "remain very much involved" in fomenting international terrorism, "over the past six months Libya has become by far the most active, especially against American and European travelers. If it cannot be stopped, others can be expected to follow...
...minor border war with Egypt in 1977 and supplied materiel to coup leaders in Burkina Faso in 1983. Gaddafi is suspected of having mined the Red Sea in 1984 (18 ships were damaged), and continues to use Libyan diplomatic pouches to export weapons. Says the State Department's Oakley: "Terrorism is one of the primary instruments of Gaddafi's foreign policy...
...more episodes are scheduled for this season. Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater on Showtime, meanwhile, continues to provide imaginative family fare. In December, Duvall will launch a second Showtime series, Tall Tales, which will retell the legends of such folk heroes as Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed and Annie Oakley...
...tries to woo a mass audience. "Pay TV is becoming more and more like the networks," says Duvall. "To tell the truth, I think the two are evening out. The networks are running more unusual things, like Amazing Stories, and pay TV is tightening up." Unless, of course, Annie Oakley happens to sleep in the nude...
There were no signs that the Iranians, who were giving the events extensive television coverage, were prepared-or able-to end the terror aboard the Airbus. Said Robert Oakley, director of the U.S. State Department Office of Counterterrorism: "We feel there is a great deal of sympathy, if not support and active collusion, on the part of the Iranian government." President Reagan declared at a press conference that the Iranians "have not been as helpful as they could be in this situation, or as I think they should have been." But he left open the possibility that Tehran might have...