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...highest levels, the sprawling Soviet military narrows into a streamlined chain of command. Directly under Minister of Defense Dmitri Ustinov, a member of the top-secret Defense Council headed by Andropov, are Viktor Kulikov, commander in chief of the Warsaw Pact forces, and Chief of the General Staff Nikolai Ogarkov. The commanders of the Soviet services take their orders from Ogarkov...
...loyal to Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt. At the southern tip of the Chouf Mountains, the Druze and the Christian Phalange killed each other. Only West Beirut and the airport, where the U.S. Marines are stationed, were spared direct attacks. Since all sides have failed to settle on a security pact that would separate the feuding factions, no one group can be blamed entirely for the bloodletting. Amal, the country's largest Shi'ite organization, did spark some of the fighting. Increasingly unnerved by rumors that government troops would move into the city's predominantly...
...noted, would follow suit. Such advice from Abdullah, who is King Fahd's half brother and Deputy Prime Minister, astounded U.S. officials. Not only have the Saudis been urging Washington to stand fast in Lebanon, but they have been the prime brokers in negotiating a Lebanese security pact...
...Casablanca invited Egypt to return to the group. Its membership had been suspended in 1979 after Cairo signed a peace treaty with Israel. The government of President Hosni Mubarak is anxious to do so, but only if this will not compromise its support of Camp David and of the pact with Israel. The next step may come in March, when Egypt's moderate friends will try to get Cairo readmitted to the 21-member Arab League, a step that will be opposed by Syria, Libya, South Yemen and perhaps others. At present, such action would require the unanimous support...
Though debate now focuses on the relative numbers of the NATO and Warsaw Pact nuclear arsenals, the fragile promise that binds the Alliance should and inevitably will have to be considered. And now is a good time for the Democrats to bring such discussion into the political mainstream. Moreover, with the President unable to bring the Soviet back to the INF and Strategic Arms negotiating tables. No First Use proponents can present a particularly timely arguments...