Word: terrorist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...give a bomb to an accomplice named Yassan Garadad, who in turn would persuade an unwitting woman passenger to take the deadly package on board with her. The caller, who spoke with a Middle Eastern accent, claimed that Abdullah and Garadad were linked to Abu Nidal, the renegade Palestinian terrorist whose group has claimed responsibility for more than 100 vicious attacks...
...threat, though the news was not passed on to the general public. After the crash, some bereaved relatives of the victims expressed anger that neither the Government nor the airline had seen fit to caution the public. In response, Government agencies pointed out that they frequently receive warnings of terrorist activity, most of which are meaningless; in fact, more than 100 advisories of this kind have been sent to U.S. embassies since Sept. 1. To make a public announcement of such threats, the agencies contended, would serve no useful purpose...
...Terrorist technology is outpacing the ability of authorities to guarantee security. The powerful plastic explosive Semtex, a gummy substance that is generally rolled into thin sheets, is difficult for both dogs and machines to detect. So are the relatively new "woven plastic" explosives, which resemble swatches of fabric and could conceivably be carried in a shopping...
...P.L.O. dialogue has stripped away an excuse Israel has long hidden behind. The policy of not dealing with the P.L.O. has allowed Israel to avoid entering a negotiation certain to result in its losing pieces of Eretz Yisrael. Branding the P.L.O. as terrorist has been the most convenient and effective way of keeping the occupied territories in Israeli hands. As long as the U.S. did not talk with the P.L.O. either, Israel felt no need to address the fundamental trade-off of territory for peace. Now Israel may find it harder to avoid the issue. In the meantime, some prominent...
Arafat is another story. He and his confederates have raised double-talk to an art form. Seeming concessions have become traps, hard-line interviews in Arabic have contradicted hopeful statements in English, renunciations of terrorist acts have been undermined by evidence suggesting Arafat's support for their undertaking. Even recently, when the diplomatic grapevine has been alive with speculation that the P.L.O. would finally recognize Israel's right to exist, Arafat's closest associates have telegraphed a different stance: continued adherence to a "phased strategy" whose odious goal is Israel's eventual liquidation...