Word: yasser
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...troops are mired in the unending civil war in Lebanon, where 13 Western hostages are being held. Against his wishes, p.l.o. Chairman Yasser Arafat has recognized Israel's right to exist. The U.S. and Britain chastise him for harboring a Palestinian guerrilla group, some of whose members are leading suspects in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Yet Syria's wily President Hafez Assad appeared unruffled and even jovial last week, as he maneuvered through the region's perilous political landscape for three hours in a rare interview with TIME Assistant Managing Editors Karsten Prager and John F. Stacks...
...have criticized Yasser Arafat for pursuing a policy of concessions. But in light of the U.S.-P.L.O. dialogue, hasn't his policy helped the peace process...
...grandson of a Shi'ite mullah, Mughniyah trained with Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization. A high school dropout, he excelled at terrorism; his boldness and quick grasp of explosives and weaponry impressed his commanders. But he fell out with Fatah leaders and in 1982, when Israeli troops invaded Lebanon and occupied his village, Teir Debbe, Mughniyah joined the newly formed and more radical Hizballah (Party of God). He took to wearing religious garb even as he recruited activists and professionals to the Shi'ite cause. He rose quickly to the top of the organization...
...plan to Jordan and Egypt for an approving welcome. And before proceeding on to Iran and Iraq, Shevardnadze spent four days in Cairo for a bit of showmanship that could not help grabbing headlines: back-to-back meetings with Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Arens and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat...
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has an image problem. Ever since Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat enticed the U.S. into a dialogue in December, Israel has been on the diplomatic defensive. With Shamir scheduled to visit Washington in March, he is eager to counter with some move of his own, and he has been signaling that he will arrive with an imaginative peace plan in his hip pocket. Meantime, he has been raising expectations by doling out hints about his forthcoming initiative...