Word: syrian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...north, Lebanon continued to encounter trouble in its attempts to keep Arab commando organizations in check. Villagers near Israel's borders are alarmed that guerrilla raids will bring savage reprisals. In Hasbaya, demonstrators stormed the office of the Syrian Al-Saiga commando group. In nearby Nabatiya, where Al-Saiga also had an office-and therefore a potential target for the Israelis-dangerously close to a school, residents protested to the government. Beirut ordered the commandos to close their offices in both towns and to move their bases away from populated areas...
NAJEEB HALABY calls himself "a Lindbergh baby"?one of the countless youngsters who were so enthusiastic about Charles Lindbergh's flight to Paris in 1927 that they yearned for careers in aviation. The son of a Syrian father and an English mother, tall, dark "Jeeb" Halaby remembers that as a twelve-year-old in his native Dallas he turned out to cheer when Lindy came to town. Five years later, Halaby took his first plane ride in an OX 5 Travel Air and enrolled in a flying course. He borrowed $6,500 from his parents?...