Word: tripoli
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...internal dispute of the PLO has thrown the fattest twist into Lebanon's now standard turmoil, and has already claimed at least 250 lives--many of them civilian. Backed by Syria, Palestinians opposing Yasser Arafat have pushed the guerrilla leader to his last stronghold outside Tripoli...
...those who view his terrorist tactics and steadfast refusal to accept Israel's existence as the obstacle to a negotiated settlement in the Middle East. Because of his intransigence, Arafat cannot expect (nor does be deserve) any country to come to his aid as his forces crumble in Tripoli...
...Organization that oppose the leadership of Chairman Yasser Arafat. Throughout the week, in fierce exchanges between Arafat supporters and Syrian-backed rebel groups led by Abu Mousa and Ahmed Jabril, 240 people were killed and 550 wounded in two Palestinian refugee camps outside the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli. Arafat, who had been in the Tripoli area for several weeks with an estimated 8,000 troops loyal to him, accused Syria of massing 25,000 men and heavy armaments around the camps. He told a Beirut newspaper that the Syrians were trying to force him out of Tripoli...
...this we have two other major participants stirring the pot the Syrians, who control the Bekaa Valley, and the PLO, which controls Tripoli to the north. To the south, Israel occupies southern Lebanon...
...enjoyed the support of as many as 2,000 Palestinian guerrillas, some from the various Palestinian groups that are opposed to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat and some from other Palestinian units under Syrian control. Two weeks ago Arafat showed up in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, and last week he tried to enhance his weakened position within the PL.O. by announcing that Palestinians had joined the fighting in the mountains as part of their struggle against Israel. In actuality, the Syrian-dominated Palestinian units engaged in the combat were trying to entrench themselves throughout as much...