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...Pretext Removed. Even the quid pro quo explanation did not satisfy the fedayeen. Understandably. At the same time that their major Arab enemy was tendering an olive branch, one of their most fervent supporters was getting tough. Syria last week curtailed many fedayeen activities within its borders, including some guerrilla training-camp operations; it also closed down a propaganda radio station and confiscated an issue of an official newspaper published by the Palestine Liberation Organization...
Western observers were also puzzled by the Syrian squeeze, especially its timing. One possible explanation is that the Arab nations are determined to contain the fedayeen as they make diplomatic efforts to bring pressure on Israel. What ever the reason, Jordan's amnesty decree at least removes a pretext for some of the terrorism that has hurt the Arab cause in world opinion. Syria's stiffening attitude was aimed at the less tractable fedayeen, and could be designed to build up the importance of the Syrian-dominated guerrilla group, As-Saiqa. If the pressure keeps up, Al-Fatah...
...does not seem a likely theme for a book about campaigning with Willy Brandt and fictional events in Danzig during the Third Reich--all wrapped up under the pretext of being an explanation to the author's children. But then the author does not look like at first a likely candidate for greatness either. There is a little bit of shaggy dog about his longish brown hair and moustache, and his burly build reminds one of his days as a stone cutter--he made grave stones, like little Oskar in The Tin Drum--and as a sculptor, before he began...
...failure of the revolt could work in Allende's favor. Now that his advance warning about a right-wing rebellion has been substantiated, he could use fears of further coups as a pretext to clamp down on his enemies, who are both numerous and powerful. Allende has already extended the state of emergency to the entire country and, as a further show of his strength, invited supporters to stage mass demonstrations to celebrate "our victory...
...owners, disgruntled over nationalization of their mines, and landlords, who had had their estates reduced by land reforms, staged a protest in the Las Bela district of Baluchistan. Government troops began moving into the area. Governor Bizenjo charged that the rebellion was actually inspired by the government as a pretext to discredit N.A.P. leadership before it could marshal opposition to Bhutto's proposed new constitution...