Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weeks ago, Gorbachev struck down both legislative acts and gave the Georgians three days to withdraw their "armed formations" from South Ossetia. Gamsakhurdia rejected the ultimatum. "We understand," he told Moscow, "that you have the power at your disposal to try to suppress the national independence movement in Georgia. But what would be the price of that victory? And would it be a victory?" A visiting Soviet parliamentary commission hinted last week that Moscow might be willing to allow Georgian police to remain in the region but wanted guarantees of its "cultural autonomy...
...attack on the Suez Canal. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Dulles, feeling betrayed by their allies, insisted that the invaders withdraw. So did the Soviets, who threatened to intervene on Egypt's side. The invaders gave in. Within two months, Nasser had his canal back, for which he ultimately paid $81 million...
...parliament a day later, an angry, flushed Gorbachev denounced Yeltsin's suggestion as "a gross violation of the constitution of the U.S.S.R." and "a deliberate act of provocation." He demanded that Yeltsin withdraw his comments. But Yeltsin was unrepentant and proved he could play the old Leninist party games as well. He claimed he was receiving "thousands of telegrams" from across Russia asking him to cancel his recent agreement to contribute almost 30% of the national budget...
Finally, Iraq cannot afford to withdraw without a guarantee that the Palestinian issue will be addressed. The united States cannot afford to accept such linkage. The solution to this last dilemma involves a fourth country--besides the U.S. Iraq, and the nation that sponsors the resolution--that would commit itself to taking up the issue, once Iraq had withdrawn...
...must consider that Saddam Hussein's previous unwillingness to withdraw has been affected by the allies' demonstrated willingess to fight. This proposal affords us a low-risk opportunity to achieve all our remaining goals without sacrificing the life of an additional American soldier...