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- WORLD, Page 45World NotesLEBANONTough Times For the P.L.O.
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- Things are going from bad to worse for the Palestine
- Liberation Organization. Just as it struggles to recover the
- credibility it lost by supporting Saddam Hussein, the organization
- has suffered a serious military setback in Lebanon. After its
- 5,000 fighters near the port city of Sidon were pummeled by the
- newly assertive Lebanese Army last week, the P.L.O. agreed to stop
- using Lebanon as a military staging area. The group has now lost
- its only base within striking distance of Israel.
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- Until last week's fighting, the Palestinians had refused
- to follow the lead of most of Lebanon's armed groups and bow to
- the government's authority. In ejecting them, however,
- President Elias Hrawi was also aiming to compel Israel to
- withdraw from the security zone it set up in southern Lebanon
- in 1985 to shield against guerrilla attacks. The Israeli Defense
- Ministry said its forces would stay put.
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