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...Camp David, ranks as the most significant diplomatic achievement in the Middle East during the past decade, were publicly expressing shock over Washington's newly proclaimed alignment with Israel. In France, Italy and Britain, critics of those countries' commitments to the MultiNational Force in Lebanon were urging a pullout, though all three U.S. allies reaffirmed that they would leave their troops in place at least for the time being...
...Reagan, the Grenada operation seemed to be turning into a political gain at home, particularly if the pullout continues at a rapid pace. With the serendipitous discovery in Grenada of large Cuban arms stockpiles and documents disclosing secret military agreements between Grenada's former leaders and Cuba and the Soviet Union, the mission, which both Reagan and many Grenadians insisted be called "a rescue" rather than "an invasion," seemed easier to justify. Some of those documents were released by the State Department last week with considerable fanfare...
Under pressure from Syria, the Muslims and the Druze reiterated their demand that the Israeli-Lebanese agreement be scrapped. The document's importance is more symbolic than practical, since Israel's promise to withdraw its troops from Lebanon was dependent on a simultaneous pullout by Syrian and P.L.O. forces. When the Syrians refused to budge, the Israelis did likewise, though they did establish the new and more secure line 17 miles to the south along the Awali River. Now, fearful of losing the only diplomatic advantage gained from their costly invasion of Lebanon, the Israelis say that they...
Some Administration officials expressed fears that the bombing would stir a national debate on Middle East policy, creating pressures ranging from a pullout of the Marines to retaliation. All the unanswered questions aired when Reagan first asked Congress to approve the U.S. Marine presence in Lebanon seemed sure to arise again. Congress gave the President the necessary authority four weeks ago to keep the Marines in Lebanon?but with considerable reluctance; in the Senate the resolution passed by a vote of only 54 to 46. New York Democrat Samuel Stratton, a hawkish veteran of the House Armed Services...
...after U.S. pressure the two countries signed an agreement last May under which the Lebanese would conduct future negotiations with Israel "on the movement of goods, products and persons" across the Israeli-Lebanese border, and the Israelis would withdraw their forces from the country. The Israelis, however, made their pullout contingent on a simultaneous withdrawal of the remaining P.L.O. forces as well as the Syrians, who control most of the Bekaa Valley and much of northern Lebanon. When the Syrians refused to leave, so did the Israelis. Only on Sept. 3, under pressure from politicians and citizens back home...