Word: settlements
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What had led Israel to defy the U.S., chance the intervention of the Soviet Union and launch an expedition that may make it harder for Jerusalem to work out a lasting political settlement with the Palestinians? The Begin government decided to take the risk because of a deep-seated desire to try to eliminate the P.L.O. as a power in neighboring Lebanon...
...change of tempo in the the war following stood in sharp contrast to the speed of British successes following the landing of 5,000 Royal Marine commandos and Parachute Regiment troops near Port San Carlos. Slogging across the boggy ground, they had captured 1,600 Argentine troops near the settlement of Goose Green (see map). Then, in a combination of rapid marches and bold helicopter assaults, they secured the commanding height of Mount Kent, overlooking Port Stanley. Encountering almost no Argentine resistance, they set up forward observation posts on hills known as the Two Sisters, only six miles from...
Meanwhile, the unit of the Fifth led by Brigadier Tony Wilson was moving south from the beachhead to Goose Green, and then east toward Port Stanley. At the minuscule settlement of Swan Inlet, 35 miles from the capital, Wilson suddenly had a time-saving idea. Learning that the Argentines had left telephone lines intact, he stopped at a house and phoned ahead to Fitzroy, the next sizable settlement. To Wilson's amazement, someone answered. "Any Argies there?" asked Wilson. "Yes," replied Farmer Ron Binnie, "but they're not here today." Said Wilson: "In that case, I think...
Wilson ordered about 100 members of his advance party to rush ahead in helicopters, securing both Fitzroy and the nearby settlement of Bluff Cove. The small British contingents held the position for about two days, while other units of the Fifth boarded the Sir Galahad and the Sir Tristram at Port San Carlos to join them. When the ships reached Fitzroy, they began unloading men and equipment. In effect, the British had a second beachhead on East Falkland...
...bonds with Britain, or ignore the diplomatic sensitivities of neighboring Chile. That country, which is also heavily Catholic, has its own border dispute with Argentina over ownership of the Beagle Channel islands, an area that is, if possible, even more remote than the Falklands. According to church sources, a settlement proposed by a Vatican mediator has been accepted by the government of Chile, but not by that of Argentina. The Galtieri government's refusal had prompted John Paul to spurn the pleas of Argentine bishops for a papal visit, until the fast-moving developments of the past few weeks...