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...Some terrorist strategies may indeed defy countermeasures. But although murder is a constant worry in Lebanon, precautions can be taken. Mats of steel spikes block the road to the Lebanese presidential palace, while huge stones and chunks of concrete form an inelegant but effective shield around the French embassy. In a sad irony, the Marines recently helped build two rows of heavily reinforced steel guardrails around the British embassy, where U.S. diplomats are temporarily housed...
...take a more aggressive role against Syria. The radical Iranian groups thought most likely to be responsible for the attack operate from behind Syrian lines. Said Shultz: "Syria must bear a share of the responsibility for any Iranian actions in Lebanon whether or not it knew of any specific terrorist plans." His tough talk may have been laying the groundwork for a retaliatory assault. This could come through an attack on the Syrian artillery positions far up in the mountains, or on their weapons dumps in the Bekaa Valley, or on the camps of the pro-Khomeini factions near...
...daybreak, exactly 72 hours before the terrorist explosion killed scores of his comrades at Marine headquarters, First Sergeant William Creech had just awakened and shuffled outside with his mirror and canteen of hot water to shave. And talk. "There's no comparison with Viet Nam," said the Georgian, at 34 older than most of his fellows. "We're here for high visibility, not to engage in combat." Life in any war zone is both tedious and desperately anxious...
...majority of his colleagues evidently agree. Last week the House, voting 227 to 194, passed an amendment to the intelligence bill that would prohibit further funding of the disparate terrorist groups fighting against Nicaragua's Marxist-led Sandinista government. The Administration wanted $50 million for the several small armies based in border areas of Honduras and Costa Rica. In a letter to O'Neill, Secretary Shultz pleaded for continued funding, arguing that regular attacks by the U.S.-backed contra guerrillas in Nicaragua provide essential pressure on the Sandinistas to cut back their support of Marxist guerrillas...
...Here's where the two Bulgarians let me out, and here's the store where I bought several rolls of film..." Thus for two hours last week did Mehmet Ali Agca, 25, the confessed Turkish terrorist who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II, re-enact the May 13, 1981, shooting in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The walk-through had been ordered by Judge Ilario Martella, the Italian magistrate who has been investigating the theory that the shooting was the result of a conspiracy involving Bulgarian accomplices. Wearing jeans, a blue turtleneck sweater, tennis shoes...