Epstein Secrets

briefed me on the questions I could expect, not just about the Achille Lauro but the wider issue of Palestinian attacks, as well as Syrian President Hafez al- Assad’s efforts to re-equip his air force after his losses in Lebanon. So I came to the interview prepared. I brought audio tapes of the hijacker

r time, we might manage to extricate ourselves from the escalating violence with Hizbollah; reach a land- for-peace deal with the enigmatic President Hafez al-Assad in Syria; and find some form of coexistence with the Palestinians. He also spoke about international politics. I remember one afternoon in the summe

cal civil-defense guard. I suggested four separate militias drawn from the local population — 216 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011687 Christian, Shi’ite Muslim, Druse and ethnically mixed — with the aim of reflecting the balance in each part of the south. Israeli troops might still have to cross into Lebanon, but

briefed me on the questions I could expect, not just about the Achille Lauro but the wider issue of Palestinian attacks, as well as Syrian President Hafez al- Assad's efforts to re-equip his air force after his losses in Lebanon. So I came to the interview prepared. I brought audio tapes of the hijacker

r time, we might manage to extricate ourselves from the escalating violence with Hizbollah; reach a land- for-peace deal with the enigmatic President Hafez al-Assad in Syria; and find some form of coexistence with the Palestinians. He also spoke about international politics. I remember one afternoon in the summer

cal civil-defense guard. I suggested four separate militias drawn from the local population - 216 HOUSE _OVERSIGHT_028064 Christian, Shi'ite Muslim, Druse and ethnically mixed - with the aim of reflecting the balance in each part of the south. Israeli troops might still have to cross into Lebanon, but o

ls against Mr. Assad's Al=wite sect and Syria's other religious minorities is growing every day. Following the rise to power of Mr. Assad's father, Hafez, in 1970, Alawit=s were transformed from a persecuted minority sect to the controlling forc= within the army and government. With a system of perks

ictims were Sunni civilians. As the civil war intensifies, Mr. Assad is increasingly outsourcing the dir=y work. In Damascus, militia groups within Druse, Christian and Shiite are=s are being armed by the government. While the justifications for these mi=itias are "neighborhood self-defense" and the p