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Arafat was rarely off of my radar. By the early 1970s, he and his fighters had been expelled by King Hussein’s army from Jordan and were re-based in Lebanon. Arafat was becoming a significant figure on the Arab and world political stage, and an increasingly uncomfortable thorn in Israel’s side. I was head
ce. And it was already past midnight. We began climbing into the heart of the Heights, planning to go around the southern edge of the Syrian base at Banias. The vegetation was sparser but we still ran the risk of making noise from the stones and larger shards of rock as we weaved our way up. Within 10 mi
Arafat was rarely off of my radar. By the early 1970s, he and his fighters had been expelled by King Hussein’s army from Jordan and were re-based in Lebanon. Arafat was becoming a significant figure on the Arab and world political stage, and an increasingly uncomfortable thorn in Israel’s side. I was head
ace. And it was already past midnight. We began climbing into the heart of the Heights, planning to go around the southern edge of the Syrian base at Banias. The vegetation was sparser but we still ran the risk of making noise from the stones and larger shards of rock as we weaved our way up. Within 10 mi
politics also plays a role. The two sides have assembled loosely allied camps. [ran holds in its sway Syria and the militant Arab groups Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Palestinian territories; in the Saudi sphere are the Sunni Muslim-led Gulf monarchies, Egypt, Morocco and the other main Palestinian
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023461 →three soldiers shot have been identified as Muhammad Awadh Qanbar and Murad Hajoo, who died in Maddiyah. A third soldier was shot in the port city of Banias. In Tartus, Der'aah and the Kurdish city of Qamishli, Alawite elite units have replaced the regular army with orders to crush the demonstrations. S
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023470 →Entities connected to both Lebanon and Banias

Barack Obama
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Damascus
LOCATION
Middle East
LOCATION
Jerusalem
LOCATION
Yemen
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Marc Rich
PERSON
Cairo
LOCATION
Saddam Hussein
PERSON
Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Tunisia
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Michael Cohen
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Fatah
ORGANIZATIONLeon Black
PERSON
West Bank
LOCATION
Beirut
LOCATIONthe West Bank
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Ehud Barak
PERSON