Word: tripolis
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...certainly a man possessed, but exactly what was he possessed by? In seeking to break the Middle East peace impasse, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat had stirred up a maelstrom of diplomatic moves and countermoves, and last week he remained at the center of the turbulence. In Tripoli, the anti-Sadat Arab states voted to "freeze" their diplomatic and political relations with Egypt. Sadat reacted icily by making a full diplomatic break with Syria, Iraq, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen. His decision produced a schism as deep as any in the 32-year history of the Arab League. Also...
...Marxist, pro-Moscow Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; it is the second largest commando group (after Yasser Arafat's Al-Fatah) and has been responsible for some of the most notorious Palestinian terrorist acts. The P.F.L.P. leader talked with Brelis in a well-guarded room at Tripoli's Beach Hotel shortly before the anti-Sadat summit ended. Excerpts...
...What can the Tripoli summit accomplish in its attempts to check Sadat...
...situation. Our political struggle based on 242 and Geneva no longer applies. That route is blocked. So we must find a new way. But how? We should not stop our political struggle, and we can continue it through the United Nations, alliances, and through meetings like the one in Tripoli...
...Saudi Arabia, whose oil-enriched coffers support Egypt, Syria and the P.L.O. But King Khalid and Crown Prince Fahd did not endorse either Anwar Sadat's proposal for a pre-Geneva summit in Cairo or Muammar Gaddafi's call for an anti-Egypt rejection-front meeting in Tripoli. What are the Saudis up to? TIME Cairo Bureau Chief Wilton Wynn flew to Jeddah and sent this analysis...