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...country. Nonetheless, the vote drew sharp rebukes from Syria. Damascus Radio declared that Lebanese deputies who voted for the agreement had "sold their country to the devil." Perhaps coincidentally, shooting subsequently broke out in the northern port city of Tripoli in a renewal of fighting between Sunni Muslims and Syrian-backed Alawite Muslims...
...problems in dealing with the Syrians on the withdrawal issue is that they have been giving mixed diplomatic signals for some time. Syrian President Hafez Assad has consistently denounced the Lebanese-Israeli agreement, but at the same time he has hinted to Washington that he would welcome talks with U.S. negotiators, though not with U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib. He would probably like to meet directly with Secretary of State George Shultz, who believes that preliminary discussions should be conducted by lower-ranking officials. Some U.S. experts on the Middle East feel that if the Syrians are really ready...
Reminded of this ancient Syrian proverb when recently given a copy of The Crimson 15 March 1983. I thought to make a belated response to the outcry of one Hieromonk Auxentios, a visitor at Harvard in the spring. Perhaps a few Crimson readers will remember the good Hieromonk's letter to the Editors, his dismay at the disrespect shown him and his abbot by certain students, presumably Harvard students, and how he indicted the entire University for intolerance and disregard for the ancient traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church. Now I am likewise a "traditionalist" Greek Orthodox monk, dressed...
...Syrian government formed a committee of three senior officials to mediate between Arafat and the dissidents. But the group's initial proposals reportedly were heavily weighted in favor of the rebels. In addition to giving the dissidents strong representation in Fatah's councils, the Syrians are said to have suggested that the original leader of the revolt, Colonel Said Mousa, be named Arafat's chief military deputy...
...attacks. The new casualties bring to 490 the number of Israelis killed and to 2,700 those injured since the invasion on June 6, 1982. Many of the attacks are believed to have been launched by Palestine Liberation Organization guerrillas who slipped into Israeli areas from bases in the Syrian-controlled part of Lebanon or from hiding places in West Beirut. But a variety of Lebanese groups are also sniping at the Israelis. The Lebanese National Resistance Front, an underground organization composed of leftists sympathetic to the P.L.O., claimed responsibility last week for the Chouf ambush. In the far south...