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A ittiKd school^ teacher from Minsk, capitail of Bycionissian MKpMc/he^ lEpsMm, S9» has twice been fcfuned .pciikiissMiii: to Icai/e: the Sofiet Union — in Sq^lcmber; 1979, and llaicfa,^ IMl The jpietext was Oiat be had iiad access to^ classified information. Bowever, as a: tcachcf of hiimaliitfe^l^psteni: oosdd never have obtained cidier fldlitaiy or sdentific-m^Mmation. Ilistnietfaatbe uai^ gedignipfay in a'conec- TteHBtanu^^ twe labor eanqT, but the SSSfSSST fnmatrs were not piriitiGal ^lotMeuemMnto piaHMM and Soviet author- *^^sa^u>mtbtm dies have allowed many former labor camp prisoners to emiiaate. to Isiad in the WBEK
constam iO-beahli. He lives Oleg Troyanovsky,
abme iii Bfinsk; because his Andumdor,
wife, Dora, and son, Boris. Soviet Missioa to the VJi.
were allowed to leave for 13^ Kast 67th Street,
Israel in 1976. JCNS, New Yorit. N.y. IfiZI.
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Next comesa periodof total iKSlBeL The bm^striker is led to believe that the authorities consider him dead.
According to the regulatioiis, when biological deterioration sets in, then arti6cial fcedmg most be inqfdemented. Guards enter the odi, iiUadc the prisoner^ throw him on the floor and pot him in handaifis, chains and a strait-^ackeL
They force open his ttuNith with a special instramoit. The assault <rften costs the prisoner sevoal broken ribs and teeth.
An 0.6 centimetnsdiamMer tube is placed in the prisonerls ii»n^ frith direct acods to the stomach. One thoosand calc^ woith of liquid food is poured through the tube. If the hunger stritostiqps the flowby pressing thrtubc with his tcet^ tnbe is shoved iqi his noses'
This type ol'f<gedin8 banHs the body^metalwitism and causes painful beadaiAes and stomachaches. As it is given 1>etwcen long brealc^ itfoices the prisoner to start Ins hunger strike'ov^ agwJttiaytnnesL '
. .This coated on-off pattern is mncfa more painfid than a conrinnm strike.-^ the amoimt of food given at cme
fiisoed feeding! ^ n^ foim of art^ldad nnfrilte^
oC'tortore. It is idius t^iture vriai^ perpetrates serious
Bmcasc^are^kiidfmQilr^ere--t hiin^ sttfter ^irif^^^tands these hardships and wins his i^tyectivcs.
We are |he public who must hdp Anatoly Sharansky win his objectives life and. fieedom.
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. . For the Lebanese; a stalemate on the troop withdrav^ issue K a wekome delay. While the contingents remain an affront tathe nation^ sover^gmy, they buy time for the feeble Lebanese forces to biiihl up strength. For Syrial its Soviet patron and the Pip, keeping^ he troops in place isa tacticafmed at maintaining diplomatic .leverage in future negotiations.
The paity with the most to, lose over the impa^ is Washington, which needs progress in Lebanon in order to lend momentum to the preridentis peace proposals. Special envoy Pbi^ Habib . . embarks on another round >>f shuttle diplomacy^throtigh the Arab capitals of 1>amascus. Riyadband Amman, and there is^ cautions optimisia that Jonlan> Rii^ Hussein win shoi^ dcchur his wiUingness toenter a newround ;^|i^i5lBfiirtio^^
"Tb^ United States has been piessuring Israel to make concessions m the Lebanese talks, with the quid pro quo bang Arabconsent to Hus8eitt> long^waitcd debut attbi^hmgnnnqg
Tie kii^^ k*s diutecd^ that be bad nxehfed a^l^ Rouabl Rcngnn puqjionii^ to pleil^ U^. suppbit for the.
From tbe te about fbe SAM-5
In retrospect one wonders what thefuss was aUabom.
Thearmyspokesnian announced the Syrians were prqi^ to deploy SAM-^S anti-aircraft missiles deep inside that countiy, and the worid stood on its* hindJ^ .There was comment, anafr^ and inteipretation in new^pers ^nd on the radio around the Worid. .
l^y should am announcement from the Israel .Army spokesman draw so much attention from ^ many? -
Tbip^wofld is nervousL Bebcose statements from Israel have a certain credibility that is making the world nervous. The pattern in lsr^\belavior basbeccm warningof d^n^ threat of actiott mdcss situation Is .coneded;, action.
Tbus,wl|m Ismel annum SAM-5,. lons^nange bigb-ulti^udei. raii^*lMiiiiing^anti-airc^^ mitsytea'sfMiitwbMi: deep inside Syria, one ^mn almost snen coidite In tbe air.
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undefined proportions between Israeland Syria—a conflict the world believes win be instigated by Israel.: t It is difficult, however, to see any real justification for the disproportionate reaction to the report. Thr missiles, though th^ have been upgraded periodicaUy^ are 20 years old* they have never before been deployed outside theSoviet Union, but their arrival in this region should come as no surprise to those who have watched T-72tanksandMiG-25 fighters arrive in this part of the world without hysterical comment.
Defence Minister Ariel Sharon atidChief-of-Staff Rafael Eitan;play^doWtt the dangen&to Israel posed by the S AM-$s in public appearances recently,saying^it was more an American, Jordanian, Iraqi probtem, than an Israeli one. Both said that Israel had solutions to.the problem if a solution was needed.
Sharon (of course) i^t one step further, and said that not a single Israeli aircraft-fighter, transport or passenger pbne wiH alter its course because ofthe missiles, **We have the answers in case of need,*" Sbairon stressed.
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