Word: shied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the P.L.O. may profit from the perception that it rejects Abu Nidal's movement, terrorism's tentacles are spreading. Alliances are said to be forming in Lebanon between followers of the F.R.C. and members of the pro- Iranian Shi'ite Hizballah. "I spend more time worrying about the fractionalization of terrorism than I do about the disintegration of ((Abu Nidal's)) organization," says a Western diplomat in Cairo. "Smaller groups are harder to find...
General Michel Aoun, the Lebanese Christian leader, rejected the agreement promptly because it provides no timetable for the withdrawal of occupying Syrian forces. Also opposed were militia commanders of Lebanon's large Shi'ite Muslim community, who want to abolish rather than readjust sectarian quotas. Yet the latest eight-month round of fighting has wearied most of the beleaguered country, and there were some signs that both Aoun and Shi'ite leaders would eventually be persuaded to fall into line...
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...Shi'ites would have to participate, however indirectly, in any deal. Even friendly relations between Bush and Rafsanjani are no guarantee of the captives' return. While Iran exerts influence over Hizballah, which it has been bankrolling since 1982 at an estimated $60 million a year, no one knows precisely how much control Tehran has over the disposition of the hostages. At least seven factions, each with its own agenda, have claimed responsibility for one or more kidnapings since the wave of terrorism began seven years ago. In the end, the particular interests of these small and shadowy groups that operate...
...that Mohtashami's - ability to sustain the hostage holding will be a litmus test of his power under the newly elected President. Syria, which maintains about 25,000 troops in Lebanon, could improve its relations with the West by rescuing the hostages, but it wields little influence over the Shi'ites who hold them. Still, the U.S. believes Syria could use its intelligence network to locate the hostages and flex its military muscle to press for their release...