Word: shied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...possible U.S. retaliation. Asked about the matter, President Reagan said flatly, "I can't discuss that." The main problem is that the culprits are not easy to identify, let alone punish. Most experts believe the name Islamic Jihad is a sort of catchword used by several fanatical Shi'ite Muslim groups inspired by Iran's Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini and affiliated with Iranian Revolutionary Guards based in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. The terrorists seem to be linked to the ruling Shi'ite hierarchy in Iran or to a segment of it. Because the groups operate...
...addition, Salimi and another cashiered minister belong to an ultraconservative Shi'ite Muslim group that has been critical of Khomeini's policies. The shake-up apparently was engineered by Parliamentary Speaker Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who believes that such dissent is divisive. Rafsanjani's maneuver may show that in the rivalry between him and President Seyed Ali Khamenei, Rafsanjani is winning. "He has Khomeini's ear," said a senior Iranian official. "By forcing a Cabinet reshuffle, he just demonstrated who is boss...
Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini to power. There were no signs during Genscher's visit that Iran's fanatical Shi'ite Muslim leaders had changed their opinion of the U.S. "devil," but West German officials found them less prone to heap verbal abuse on the West. When Genscher expressed concern about the fighting in the gulf, the Iranians said they were also eager to prevent the war from widening...
...identity cards that all Lebanese must carry and that indicate their religion became instant death warrants for some. "They took my husband just because his papers said he was a Shi'ite," said Nabila Khalil, 23. "Some soldiers stopped him and said they wanted to ask him a few questions. I haven't seen or heard from him in 14 months." One episode occurred often enough to become a sort of national nightmare: militiamen would set up an impromptu checkpoint, stop a car and discover the driver belonged to an enemy sect. Sometimes the motorist would be shot...
...dramatic act of violence momentarily distracted Beirut last week: a Shi'ite Muslim splinter group blew up the Libyan embassy to protest the disappearance of Imam Moussa Sadr, their spiritual leader, who vanished while visiting Libya in 1978. Aside from that, life in the city was normal. On Wednesday four men were kidnapped, allegedly by Christian vigilantes. The next day, three Christians were abducted. And somewhere in the city, several more women suddenly agonized over whether they should hope or mourn. -By James Kelly...