Nightmare in Afghanistan Soviet tactics threaten long war and terror
The piece reviews Dr. Claude Mathuret's view in Foreign Affairs on the Soviet Afghan war. It argues the USSR aims for a protracted conflict using mass terror and air campaigns to depopulate areas, aided by booby traps and indiscriminate strikes. It notes millions displaced and calls for international condemnation to curb Soviet conduct.
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Soviet Union
Afghanistan
West
Claude Mathuret
Medicins Sans Frontieres
Doctors Without Borders
Foreign Affairs
Mathuret
Mujahedeen
Malharet
Mao Zedong
Iran
Pakistan
Malhuret
Egypt Uses U.S. Aid to Pay U.S. Debts for Military Purchases
Washington reports Egypt faces heavy debt and misspays on U.S. military hardware. The Reagan administration backs a $103 million transfer from deobligated AID funds to cover Foreign Military Sales payments, despite congressional resistance and IMF concerns.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Egypt
Uncle Sam
Reagan
Carter
Israel
U.S. Agency For International Development
International Monetary Fund
Hosni Mubarak
Camp David
Congress
State Department
Lucette Lagnado
Cairo
Peter McPherson
Moustafa el Said
McPherson
GOE
Government of
el Said
House
Senate
IMF
AID
Brad Langmaid
Ed Meese
Readers correct bishop elect Zumbrun article
Reverend G Randall Neubauer thanks The News for coverage of the Maryland Synod bishop elect and supplies corrections. He notes the synod will not unionize with two churches and clarifies Zumbrun did not campaign for the post. He urges accurate reporting to parishioners and readers. George Morgan adds comments on the Right to Life march and a Redskins parade headline.
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Morris G. Zumbrun
Maryland
Elect Zumbrun
Elect Zambrin
Lutheran Church In America
American Lutheran Church
Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
Zambrun
Zambran
Zumbrun
Maryland Synod
Brothers and Sisters In Christ
G. Randall Neubauer
St. John’s
Right To Life
Washington
D.C
Life
Redskins
Neadline
United States of America
Virginia
Cold Night Hits Frederick As Temperature Dips
The temperature fell to zero in Frederick and four below at the airport weather station, the coldest in four years. The Potomac Edison Co confirmed negotiations nearly closed for spectral properties in Maryland Virginia and West Virginia. Vapors from steaming furnace pipes in the Professional Building prompted a false fire alarm and a call to the Junior engine 2nd Citizens truck.
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Frederick
Airport
HE Potomac Edison CO
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
2Nd Citizens
Frederick County News: Society Elections and Garden Show
Paul Green of Walkersville elected vice president of the Children's Aid Society of Frederick County Inc with two new board members, Herbert Rollins and Alen Routzahn. Mount Airy Garden Club to host its 29th annual Flower Show in April at the Firemen's Activities Building. Fredrick Branch of AAUW screened The Four Religions with Arnold Toynbee discussing higher religion as inspired brotherhood.
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Paul Green
Walkersville
Children’s Aid Society of
Frederick County
Mount Airy
Frederick
American Association of University Women
McGraw-Hill
Coffman Chapel
Hood College
Arnold Toynbee
Assad and Jackson cloud the Beirut crisis with politics
Edward Nichols argues that Assad is ruthless and strategic, not humane, and that Jesse Jackson’s rescue of Lt. Robert C. Goodman Jr. serves Syria's broader aims in Lebanon. The piece asserts U.S. policy hinges on Middle East dynamics, Palestinian autonomy, and 1967 borders, and criticizes hopes for swift Marines withdrawal or humane motives behind Assad's moves.
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Hafez Assad
Syria
Jesse Jackson
Navy
Robert C. Goodman Jr
Goodman
Lebanon
Mideast
Assad
Tadmer
Hama
Aleppo
Amnesty International
Marine Corps
Beirut
Syri Beirut
Damascus
Ayatollah Khomeini
Iran
Muammar Khadafy
Libya
United States
Henry Kissinger
Middle East
Richard Nixon
Sphinx
Lebanon Policy Reassessment Signals U.S. Troop Drawdown
Public and congressional support for the Marines in Beirut wanes as key lawmakers express doubt and retired officers urge a tougher diplomatic path. President Reagan says he is reassessing Middle East policy and may withdraw troops as French and Italian forces pull back, heightening the U.S. symbol of commitment amid Gemayel government fragility.
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Adm
Robert £.J. Leng
Lebanon
U.S
House Armed Services
Reagan
Middle East
United States
Beirut
Amin Gemayel
Conley News Service
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Dowkey
Vietnam
Permission of Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Frederck, Md
Yin
Jack Anderson
California
Army
Meese
Accor
Ding
Defense Department
Armed Services
State
Treasury
Defense
Lutheran Bishop
George Morgan
Charstone Court
News-Post
Edward Nichols
Jackson
John Glenn
Glenn
Thomas P. O’neill
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