Word: antiterrorist
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...groups, one of the safest places Sadat might have found was Israel. Four Israeli Kfir fighters escorted the presidential plane to Ben Gurion Airport, which was closed to all other traffic. In Jerusalem, 10,000 policemen were on guard, as well as 2,000 security agents and a special antiterrorist commando unit of the Israel Defense Force. The 1,500-member border police was fully mobilized, and units were stationed at key points
That grim message was delivered to Bonn news agencies after three convicted members of the infamous Baader-Meinhof gang committed suicide last month in their prison cells following West Germany's antiterrorist raid at Mogadishu. As the deadline arrived last week, West Germany's national airline responded with a policy of saturation security for its 411 daily scheduled flights worldwide. Fortunately, as the first tense days came and went, there were no incidents more serious than flight delays of up to 20 minutes caused by Lufthansa's preboarding passenger inspections. Later, a second letter, delivered to news...
...Weizman has frequently criticized the Labor Party for being too timid with the Arabs. Some Washington, and even Israeli, observers were pleased that ex-General Sharon, another outspoken hawk, had to settle for the Agriculture Ministry instead of the job he wanted: a Cabinet-level position in charge of antiterrorist activity. Dayan sits at Begin's right hand in the Knesset and is already mentioned as heir apparent to Begin, who was hospitalized with a heart attack last March. This is bound to create conflict with Weizman, who last year told friends that he would be Israel...
Spain now recognizes only one legal political organization, Franco's National Movement. The Spanish police force reportedly uses torture techniques to elicit confessions from political prisoners. An antiterrorist act provides for swift military tribunals with no appeal for those who kill policemen and makes those who criticize the administration of justice liable to prosecution. Even labor unions in Spain are run by the state and strikes are now forbidden...
Last week, however, a coalition of Communist, Arab and African countries scuttled the proposal. The Arab states feared that such a convention would be directed against them. The Africans worried that antiterrorist sanctions would impede black guerrilla movements battling for independence. The Soviet Union knee-jerked its support of the Third World. The result was a resolution stating that the General Assembly is "deeply perturbed" by the wave of terrorism...