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Recent confrontations between Israeli soldiers and civilians with Arabs on the West Bank lead some to denounce Israeli mistreatment of its Arab neighbors. Many of the incidents have indeed been tragic, most notably the killing of an Arab schoolgirl and the maiming of her sister by an Israeli soldier. This and similar incidents, along with the continued expropriation of Arab land for Israeli settlement, only exacerbate the already dangerous tensions in the area. The military administration in the West Bank too has been criticized so in some cases, for the use of arbitrary arrest under the pretext of safely precautions...
...area that was sealed off to traffic was far smaller than after Brezhnev's death. Outside the perimeter, crowds of shoppers, swathed in thick coats, boots, scarves and fur hats, thronged the sidewalks, seemingly oblivious to what was going on a few blocks away. Said a Soviet soldier: "Just as they found Andropov, they will find someone else...
Death on the Border Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's outrage at the killing of an American soldier in Honduras [Jan. 23] is disingenuous. If we send soldiers into a combat area, some are going to be killed. Thomas C. Reber Austin The loss of our helicopter pilot near the Honduran-Nicaraguan border should serve as a lesson for us: if you don't want the fruits of sin, stay out of the orchard...
...January alone, the Israeli forces reported 60 terrorist incidents, including remote-control bombs, booby-trapped cars, land mines and grenade assaults. "I want to get out of here," an Israeli soldier in Sidon told TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief Harry Kelly. "I don't want to be killed here. It's crazy. They are crazy. We are crazy." New security precautions are in effect. Foot patrols supported by armored personnel carriers check ditches alongside main roads for bombs. Motorized patrols formerly conducted with open Jeeps are more often undertaken with APCs bristling with machine guns. Centurion tanks stripped...
This policy has been vividly illustrated in the case of Drane Mathews, as reported in a recent Newsweek article. A student at the University of Maine at Orono, Matthews previously served in the Army where she earned a Good Conduct Medal, a certificate of achievement, and the Distinguished Soldier's Award. She returned to school and joined ROTC in order to gain the skills necessary for further advancement in the Army. Her career was ended, however, when she asked permission to attend the local gay students group. In justifying its expulsion of Matthews, the military maintained that she could...