Word: withdrawals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...British government said it could easily withdraw the low-flying missiles if U.S. and Soviet negotiators reach an arms control agreement in Geneva in talks scheduled to last six more weeks...
Similarly, French President null Mitterrand had quickly and dryly criticized the U.S. action, but in private French officials were taking a more detached view. Said one: "If the Americans withdraw quickly and set up some truly democratic institutions, Grenada could fade mercifully into the political background within a month." Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi made it clear that the invasion of Grenada would not affect Italy's commitment to the NATO decision...
...Israeli calamity in Tyre came at a time when the Reagan Administration was re-examining its relationship with Israel in Lebanon. For much of the past year, the U.S. has pressed Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon, but only at such time as Syria and the P.L.O. would also be prepared to withdraw. Two months ago, the Israelis pulled their forces out of the Chouf Mountains and the Beirut area and established a new line along the Awali River. The U.S. understood the need of the Israelis to reduce their continuing casualties, but resented the fact that the Israelis...
Under pressure from Syria, the Muslims and the Druze reiterated their demand that the Israeli-Lebanese agreement be scrapped. The document's importance is more symbolic than practical, since Israel's promise to withdraw its troops from Lebanon was dependent on a simultaneous pullout by Syrian and P.L.O. forces. When the Syrians refused to budge, the Israelis did likewise, though they did establish the new and more secure line 17 miles to the south along the Awali River. Now, fearful of losing the only diplomatic advantage gained from their costly invasion of Lebanon, the Israelis say that they...
...rejoiced, the fighting in Grenada continued. The initial invasion force of 1,900 had grown to 6,000 men. They controlled the island's major populated areas, but not its wooded and mountainous ulterior. Although the Administration had at first expected the U.S. troops to be able to withdraw within a few weeks at most, leaving police from the neighboring islands to maintain order, the military field commanders were becoming less sanguine. "If the Cubans want to go up hi these hills and play games, it will take a while," said Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf, commander of the invading...