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It was 2 o'clock in the morning, and Muammar Gaddafi was weary. As host of an Organization of African Unity (O.A.U.) summit, he had been working around the clock for more than a week to try to salvage the conference. When not whisking about in his pale blue...
At 4:30 a.m. there was an unexpected lull. Again the Israeli loudspeakers bellowed in Arabic, "Don't be afraid. Go where we told you to. Leave your houses." This was evidently addressed to West Beirut civilians. But if anyone had been far enough aboveground to hear the exhortation...
Never before had the fighting been this close. Out at sea Israeli gunboats train their sights on the coastline. Abu Said and I peer around a wall to watch Israeli jets drop cluster bombs on Ramlet al Baida. As each falls on the boulevard, there is a shower of small...
The latest cycle of bloodshed and renewed stalemate intensified appeals for a rapid settlement of the 22-month-old conflict. Last week Iraqi President Saddam Hussein admitted that he was "favorably disposed" to Algeria's offer to serve as mediator between the two warring nations. He also suggested that...
The wolflike beard and the satanic eyes glared at you from a billboard on the outskirts of Basra. Instantly recognizable, the caricature of Khomeini has a bold red X painted over the face, as if to hold back the hated enemy. Says the Arabic writing scrawled across the neck: "Khomeini...