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...Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is led by a radical Arab Christian physician named George Habash, an exponent of terror tactics against civilians, including children. In the small town of Zarka, twelve miles north of Amman, quarrels broke out between guerrillas and soldiers of the Saiqa (Thunderbolt) Regiment, a unit especially faithful to Hussein. Both sides were armed, and the confrontation quickly expanded into episodes of violence. By the time it ended, nine fedayeen and civilians had been killed, along with 13 soldiers. As hysterical funeral corteges wound through Zarka, the guerrillas' Voice of Asifa radio station...
...Class of '20 is now living through its fourth American war. During World War I, most men joined a voluntary Harvard regiment the summer before their junior year. Some men enlisted to fight with the Amercian or French armies or went overseas to help the American Red Cross. By the beginning of the junior year, most members of the Class had been sworn into the Army although only a minority had seen active combat. The armistice came in November of their junior year...
When Harvard's President Lowell found out about Eliot's decision, he called the young man into his office. Lowell said that eager Eliot was doing the wrong thing. The President was especially angry because he had just arranged for French officers to train the voluntary Harvard regiment. But young Eliot explained that ambulance duty was the only way an 18-year-old could get a commission. Lowell said he could understand and wished his student well...
...called the Se Kong; last week they menaced Saravane, another strategically located town. Along the Mekong in northern Cambodia, Communist troops have captured Kratie and Chhlong; last week they attacked Stung Treng, a key town at the confluence of the Se Kong and the Mekong, and sent a full regiment against Kompong Cham, Cambodia's third largest city, only 50 miles northeast of Phnom-Penh...
...long ventured forth to terrorize key positions in South Viet Nam. The two: OPERATION BOLD LANCER, directed at Base Area 354, between the Fishhook and the Parrot's Beak. The area has long been home for one of the most destructive of all Communist units, the crack 95C Regiment of the North Vietnamese Army, which has made life miserable for the allies in War Zone C in Tay Ninh province. Base Area 354 has also served as headquarters for the NVA's 9th Division, which has led every major attack on the Saigon area in recent years...