Word: regional
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...word and deed, Israel is doing all it can-short of full-scale invasion-to neutralize its Lebanese border. To that end, it has established links with rebel Lebanese army units, the only quasi-government force left in the region, and is seeking the good will, if not the hearts and minds, of border villagers. Israel's policy is paying off-so far. The area is peaceful...
Already accustomed to smoke from the factories that have sprung up in the region in the last decade, nearby townspeople at first paid little attention to the white chemical cloud. But they could not ignore it for long. "The wind carried it here," recalls Vinicio Lazzaretti of the small town of San Pietro. "I couldn't breathe. It made my eyes water. The next day all the leaves and plants and flowers were riddled with small holes, as if they had been struck with tiny hailstones." Within a few days, household pets in the area started to bleed...
...this may be wishful thinking on the part of Jerusalem and Washington. Certainly much could happen that would suddenly bring greater dangers to the region. Assad could be deposed, and the Palestinians could begin winning, though both events seem unlikely now. In the Middle East, the unexpected-like Syrians fighting Palestinians-is routine. By that somber measure, the region has never been more normal...
...Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR) talks in Vienna between the twelve NATO nations and the seven Warsaw Pact states. It has been the dual aim of the NATO negotiators to reduce the number of troops based in Central Europe and create parity between East and West in that region. But even as the MBFR talks have been in session, there has been a buildup of armed forces in that area-almost all by the Soviets...
...Moscow for the first time revealed the pact's force levels in Central Europe: 965,000, v. 977,000 for NATO. This means that parity already exists. NATO experts, however, question the Soviet figures and reckon that the pact really stations some 1,125,000 troops in that region. Until both sides agree on how large the pact's forces are, there may be little progress with MBFR...