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...year, called the air clash "the beginning of a new phase in the conspiracy against Libya and the Arab nation." Israelis, on the other hand, were relieved. "This will make our lives much easier," said a high-ranking officer in Jerusalem. As for Gaddafi's old enemy Anwar Sadat, the Egyptian President said nothing, perhaps to avoid the appearance of gloating. After weeks of rumors that the American maneuvers were an effort to test Gaddafi, many Arabs were simply nonplused. As the Beirut daily an-Nahar noted, Washington might just as well have issued invitations to the air battle...
...twelve years as Libya's master, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has earned a special place on the world stage: that of the quintessential troublemaker. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat has described him as "a mental case" and "a lunatic." African neighbors fear his expansionist ambitions. The U.S. considers him an international outlaw and has accused him of meddling in no fewer than 45 nations. When Authors Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre were looking for a villain to cast as the mastermind of a plot to hold New York City up for nuclear blackmail in their novel The Fifth Horseman, they naturally...
...complain the Saudis, when they seek Washington's help with their security problems they find it difficult to purchase American arms. The U.S. Congress has stalled for weeks on approving the Saudi request to buy five AW ACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) planes. Sadat, on the other hand, has received approval for 40 sophisticated F-16 jet fighters, and talks about needing as many as 150 more. The Saudis feel, quite simply, that the U.S. is not treating them fairly...
Meanwhile, as part of the peace process, both Fahd and Sadat were urging the U.S. to overcome its reluctance to recognize and negotiate with the P.L.O. Last week Zbigniew Brzezinski, former President Jimmy Carter's National Security Adviser, said that the time had come for "some form of dialogue." Such a step, he said, would "encourage the P.L.O. to be more moderate and lead to its involvement in resolving the West Bank and Gaza Strip issues." Washing ton's standing policy for years has been that it will not deal with the P.L.O. until that organization recognizes Israel...
...setting was less formal than at most of their previous meetings, but it still must have seemed like old times for Jimmy Carter, 56, and Anwar Sadat, 62. Winding up a six-day U.S. visit, the Egyptian leader detoured to Plains, Ga., to see his "deep friend." The reunion was all harmony and grits. Out on the old softball field, with Rosalynn and Jehan looking on, Jimmy presented Sadat with a glass sculpture of a laurel wreath. Sadat was at his gracious best, although Carter's detractors will doubtless delight in misconstruing his words. Said he: "Jimmy Carter...