Word: rebel
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That strategy has its own potential dangers. The biggest threat is that Saddam would order his extensive network of agents in Jordan's predominantly Palestinian population to rebel against the King. Under the pretext of restoring order, Saddam could then move troops into Jordan. That would trigger intervention by Israel. Saddam would have accomplished his goal of transforming the confrontation between Iraq and most of the world into a showdown with Israel and the U.S. that would unite Arabs behind...
...President Bush's other military rescue operation -- sending in U.S. Marines last week to evacuate American civilians from war-ravaged Liberia -- the best news was that the Marines encountered no opposition as they ferried out more than 160 people. Rebel leader Prince Yormie Johnson, whose threat to take Westerners captive provoked the Marine intervention, did seize 16 hostages from seven countries, but soon released them...
...Taylor, who commands the main rebel force and controls most of the Liberian countryside, vowed to resist the West Africans' intervention. He started by launching a new offensive last week to seize control of the divided capital, Monrovia. "We will use guns, machetes, knives," he cried. "We will kill all of them...
Government sources in Gambia's capital of Banjul said a meeting was being arranged between both rebel factions and a Doe envoy...
...sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Prince Johnson and rival rebel leader Charles Taylor were expected to attend talks Monday in Banjul...