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Arafat has long been an anathema to those who view his terrorist tactics and steadfast refusal to accept Israel's existence as the obstacle to a negotiated settlement in the Middle East. Because of his intransigence, Arafat cannot expect (nor does be deserve) any country to come to his aid as his forces crumble in Tripoli...
...fact that any comprehensive settlement would probably dictate offering at least some Jordanian territory for a Palestinian homeland. Furthermore, any settlement negotiated by Hussein would be meaningless if the PLO forces that now oppose Arafat did not endorse it--hardly a likely scenario. The extremist faction, through terrorist attacks, could easily disrupt tentative settlement...
...committee members were not persuaded by Kelley's assertion that despite the embassy attack, "no one anticipated" that a terrorist using a five-ton truck would be able to crash through Marine defenses. As Maine's Senator William Cohen put it, "It's not a leap of logic to see if they bomb you with a car, they can bomb you with a truck...
...Last year President Chun Doo Hwan ousted half of his 22-member Cabinet after a scandal arose involving illegal loans and fraud by moneylenders with connections to his government. On a visit to Burma last month, 14 leading South Korean officials, including four Cabinet ministers, were killed in a terrorist bombing...
DEATH CONFIRMED. Rick Crudale, 21, Marine lance corporal from West Warwick, R.I., who was pictured on TIME's Oct. 3 cover "Lebanon: Holding the Line"; of injuries suffered in the terrorist bombing of U.S. troops; in Beirut. Crudale had apparently returned early from leave and was among those sleeping in the Marines' headquarters at Beirut International Airport when the attack took place. At first he was reported missing, but his death was officially verified last week...