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...violence, the Marines were dangerously exposed. Even though the Druze and Amal leadership granted them safe passage, there remained the risk that extremists of some stripe would try to interfere with the withdrawal, either out of revenge or for political purposes of their own. No matter how orderly the pullout, it now seemed all but impossible for the Marines to turn over control of the airport to what is left of the Lebanese Army. This had been the U.S. goal only days before. Unless Gemayel chooses to ferry troops from East Beirut by helicopter, the Marines will have to abandon...
...scrap the agreement his government had signed with Jerusalem last May 17, calling for Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in return for Lebanese concessions on political and security arrangements in the southern part of the country. The agreement never went into effect, because it was contingent on a simultaneous Syrian pullout from Lebanon that Damascus refused to accept. Nonetheless, the pact, achieved after heavy U.S. prodding of both sides, became a symbol to Gemayel's Muslim foes of what they saw as his subservience to Washington and Jerusalem. The U.S. and Israel stood by the agreement even after...
...added that he was "not going to pay any attention" to the proposed resolution. Besides recommending such steps as replacing the Multi-National Force with U.N. peace-keeping troops, the text called upon Reagan to submit a written report within 30 days detailing his progress toward achieving a Marine pullout. Some Democrats urged a specific timetable, but the prevailing view was that to set a withdrawal date would embolden Lebanese President Amin Gemayel's foes, which in turn would prompt Republican charges that the Democrats had stymied a political reconciliation among Lebanon's factions. The absence of stipulations...
OBVIOUSLY, one goal put forth for the pullout is to depoliticize UNESCO, to strip off its radical political edge. Another is to reassert America's leadership in the organization and in the international community generally. And a third is to force UNESCO crats to be more efficient with their money, which comes largely from the U.S. (we cast the lone "no" in the most recent budget vote at UNESCO). But what his attracted more attention than all of these is the outery at UNESCO for the licensing and regulation of journalists. The media here rightly criticizes any international government control...
...security accord is approved, the President will have gained merely a little more time to study his options, not a full license to keep the Marines in Beirut through the election year. White House aides dismiss the possibility of a complete pullout right away, saying it would cause the Gemayel government to fall and lead to the permanent partitioning of Lebanon. At the same time, the aides are increasingly skeptical about the possibility of moving the troops away from the Beirut airport. To begin with, any redeployment would be discussed with Congress, which would only inflame the debate over whether...