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Meanwhile, a tug of war was developing over Lebanon's new Cabinet. Rashid Karami, 62, had been appointed Prime Minister two weeks ago and asked to form his tenth Cabinet since 1955. It was hoped that Karami, a pro-Syrian Sunni Muslim, would find that a new 26-member Cabinet would be large enough to accommodate all of Lebanon's myriad sectarian interests and make a political reality of the dramatic realignment in the country's balance of military power brought about when Shi'ite militiamen seized control of West Beirut in February...
...correct the underrepresentation of Shi'ites and Druze in Lebanese politics than to compound it. Shi'ite Leader Nabih Berri, 44, was given the relatively unimportant portfolio of Justice, Water and Electricity; Druze Chieftain Walid Jumblatt, 35, was offered Transport, Public Works and Tourism. Said one prominent Sunni powerbroker: "I guess Karami thinks that by co-opting a Cabinet rather than forming one through consensus, he can steamroll issues through...
...London embassy three weeks ago was sparked by the hanging on the Fatah University campus in Tripoli last month of two Muslim fundamentalists, a veterinary student and a chemistry graduate. The pair had been in prison for four years but managed nonetheless to keep in contact with a Sunni Muslim student group opposed to what it regarded as Gaddafi's perversion of Muslim teachings. Gaddafi is said to have met with the two imprisoned students on more than one occasion in an effort to "convert" them to his way of thinking, but without success. His patience finally snapped over...
...Chafik al Wazzan, who resigned in February just before fighting erupted between the Lebanese Army and Muslim militias. The battle almost toppled the Gemayel presidency. It also hastened the departure of the U.S. Marines and brought Lebanon more deeply under Syrian control. The Lebanese Prime Minister is traditionally a Sunni Muslim, just as the President is traditionally a Maronite Christian, but Karami met the far more important requirement of enjoying the strong support of Syrian President Hafez Assad. Gemayel made his decision after meeting with the Syrian leader two weeks...
...from the December bombings may not subside for a while. With as many as 30% of its 1.6 million people Shi'ites, Kuwait is highly vulnerable to those who aim to spread Islamic fundamentalism throughout the Middle East. "Now the whole question of Shi'ite Muslim vs. Sunni Muslim has been reopened in our society," notes the publisher of an influential Kuwaiti newspaper. "If there is any destructive force within our country, it is the sectarian issue." That the issue is incendiary was proved at the conclusion of the 45-day trial. The terrorists were whisked away...