Action SociAlist Yasser Arafat: under pressure from Syrian-backed PLO rebels creasing its intervention in the Middle munities in Lebanon.
The main target of US aggression Is sylla. past few days US F14 fighters and Israel planes have made sorties over Svrian and Lebanese ter. ritory. The US and Israel Have been openly templating reprisals against Syria for the bomb US and French troops in Beirut and Israeli troops at their military headquarters in Tyre. This week Israel called out its reserve army, supposedly for a 'practice exercise and in response to a Syrian call up of its forces on Monday. (The Israelis have since claimed AS THE attacks on Arafat's forces in Tripoli continue and with the future of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in question, the United States is inEast, longer hiding behind the facade of a 'peace keeping' force to prevent bloodshed in the different comthat the majority of reserve troops have returned home).
Ros Young The situation is extremely dangerous becoming more complex by the minute. Despite US and Israeli claims to the contrary, LIfE HIRANG build up of military hardware and troops in the region continues, and ol the surface though they are preparing for major military tervention in Lebanon and forces 300 US planes and 30 ships are stationed in the East Mediterranean, some reportedly having missiles on board. The US and Britain are building up joint base on Cyprus. The Americans have stated that they will start to stockpile equipment for their Rapid Deployment away from their past conthe Gulf What is the US objective in this? According to Zibigniew Brezezinski, former US national securiadvisor Washington was now acting 'militarily as an auxillary to the Lebanese army politically as a Israeli foreign policy b of Left wing militia men in Beirut viously America no longer feels that its main allies Ine regor. oracu government Gemayel, can carry out the task controlling the removing Syria.
Obstacle This of Dal America's overall cold war policy. Syria is seen as the MOST serious obstacle to US-Israeli domination in country with any signifiSoviet Call Most of the Syrian military hardware is from the Soviet inconfrontation WIll an ideal testing ground to assess Soviet strengths weaknesses Would the US risk a possible global confronta. tion over region! Would they actually launch an attack against Syria? The US invasion of Grenada should not make us complacent about this possibility. The Americans are embarking on a policy of direct intervention in other countries, no longer solely relying on stooge job also appears any country a lesson for have with the 'communist threat The Soviet not looking kindly on the against the pro-Arafat Palestinian fighters.y Arafat and the PLO are also allies of the soviel Union. Is this Russia's way of edging out of any direct
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