Word: zoned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mere proposal serves a number of purposes. It allays the perpetual South Korean fear that the U.S. will strike a deal with Pyongyang behind its back. Simultaneously it warns the North that it cannot scare Washington into such a deal by sending troops on forays into the Demilitarized Zone...
Earlier this month, like many times in the past, the spoiled child did that again, and we should not have been surprised. Up to 180 North Korean soldiers entered the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a 2.5-mile stretch separating the two countries, where they set up mortars and aimed machine guns at its southern rival. Needless to say, the actions defy the 43-year-old truce forged after the 1950-53 Korean War, which permits no more than 35 soldiers per side to enter this Joint Security Area at any one time...
...from southern Lebanon, but seeks to protect civilians on both sides of the border. Both Peres and Christopher said all parties are ready to move on to comprehensive peace talks. Peres reiterated that Israel has no territorial designs on Lebanon but will not withdraw from the so-called "security zone" until Hizballah is disarmed. Meanwhile, Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon continued, though more sporadically than the past two weeks. The U.N. reported Friday that 24,000 shells fell on Lebanon during the 16-day conflict. The officers said Israel had targeted water and electricity facilities and road networks recently...
...Iranian-backed militia that has been fighting the Israelis in south Lebanon since 1982. The crisis was touched off by two recent Hizballah rocket attacks on northern Israel--both of which were themselves provoked by Israeli episodes involving the death of several Lebanese civilians outside the nine-mile "security zone" that Israel occupies in Lebanon. On Thursday Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres ordered three strikes against the Hizballah in Lebanon, including the raid on Beirut in which the missiles smashed into a suspected Hizballah operations building...
...following morning, Hizballah sent another 40 rockets into Israel. That was just the excuse the Israelis needed to launch a much wider mission. In 60 villages just north of the security zone, residents were told to leave their homes in six hours. Then Israeli tanks and artillery began firing shells on suspected guerrilla targets across the area. By noon, 100,000 Lebanese were streaming north. Those refugees, the Israelis hope, will pressure the Lebanese government and, in turn, the Syrians, who have enormous leverage over Hizballah, to rein in the guerrillas...