U.S. Intelligence on the Middle East, 1945-2009

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• Lebanon x
• 1 00 Syrian troops
• 4 1st Armored Division
• 1 3
• 8 3rd Armored Division
• 1 additional troops sent to Lebanon
• 1 advance on Beirut
• 1 aerial incidents
• 1 aerial reconnaissance
• 1 Afro-Israeli ties
• 1 air attacks
• 2 air defenses
• 1 airport ope
• 1 airport open
• 5 air strikes
• 1 air war
• 1 alert memorandum
• 1 Algeria
• 2 Al Kiswah
• 1 alliance
• 1 Amal
• 1 Amal-Hezbollah fighting
• 1 Amal-Hezbollah rivalry
• 1 Ambassador Habib
• 1 American University
• 8 Amin Gemayel
• 1 antiaircraft guns
• 1 Anwar Sadat
• 1 Arab-Israeli confrontation
• 1 Arab-Israeli peace process
• 8 Arab League
• 1 Arab League peecekeeping force
• 1 Arab peacekeeping forces
• 1 Arab states
• 1 Arab States
• 3 Arab summit meeting
• 5 armed clashes
• 1 armed truce
• 1 armor
• 1 armored division
• 1 arms buildup
• 1 arms purchases
• 1 arms supplies
• 1 army factionalism
• 1 arrests
• 1 artillery exchanges
• 1 artillery fire
• 1 artillery strength
• 1 Assad
• 2 assassination
• 1 assassination of Ambassador Meloy
• 1 assassination of US ambassador
• 1 assessment of situation
• 1 attack
• 1 attack on US embassy
• 2 attacks
• 1 attacks on Multinational Force
• 1 attacks on US targets
• 1 attempted coup detat
• 1 balance of forces
• 2 Bashir Gemayel
• 1 Batrun
• 23 Beirut
• 1 Beirut airport
• 1 Beirut International Airport
• 3 Bekaa Valley
• 1 Bint Jubayl
• 1 bombing of US embassy annex
• 1 bombings
• 1 bombings in Kuwait
• 1 border clashes
• 1 border crossing
• 1 border dispute
• 1 border incidents
• 1 Bosporus
• 1 Brigadier Ahdab
• 1 British convoy
• 1 broken ceasefire
• 1 cabinet meeting
• 9 Camille Chamoun
• 1 capabilities and prospects
• 1 car bombing
• 1 car bombs
• 1 Caspar Weinberger
• 1 casualty figures
• 19 ceasefire
• 1 ceasefire status
• 2 ceasefire violations
• 1 central bank
• 6 Chamoun
• 1 chemical weapons
• 1 Christian Lebanese Forces
• 1 Christian Maronite hegemony
• 3 Christian militiamen
• 22 Christian militias
• 1 Christian offensive
• 1 civil war
• 2 clashes
• 1 cold peace
• 1 collapse of Lebanese government
• 1 command center
• 1 commando raid
• 1 commando units
• 1 compliant Lebanon
• 1 conceal from the U.S.
• 1 confessional groups
• 1 confusing situation
• 1 contingency plans
• 1 Counselor Waring
• 2 counterterrorism
• 1 coup
• 1 covert action
• 1 crackdown on Tudeh Party
• 1 crisis
• 3 crisis situation
• 2 Crown Prince Fahd
• 2 Damascus
• 1 Defense Companies
• 1 demonstrations
• 1 demoralized
• 1 deteriorating relationship with Turkey
• 1 deteriorating security situation
• 1 diplomatic appeals
• 1 diplomatic efforts
• 1 diplomatic evacuation
• 1 diplomatic maneuvers
• 1 disintegration of Lebanese army
• 1 dogfights
• 1 domestic threats
• 6 Druze
• 2 Druze militias
• 1 Druze rebel forces
• 1 Druze to shell Ministry of Defense
• 1 economic priorities
• 1 economic recovery
• 1 economic situation
• 1 Ed Proctor
• 12 Egypt
• 1 Egyptian foreign minister
• 3 Egyptian military
• 1 Egyptian military capabilities
• 1 Egypt-Israel
• 1 Eisenhower
• 1 Elie Hobeika
• 1 ending hostilities
• 1 escalated tensions
• 2 evacuation
• 1 evacuation of Beirut
• 1 evacuation of PLO
• 1 evacuation plans
• 1 evacuations
• 1 evidence linking Iran is stronger
• 1 execute Shia terrorists
• 1 exertion of pressure
• 1 explosion
• 1 fabric coming apart
• 1 factional fighting
• 1 fall of Tel Zatar
• 2 Fatah
• 1 Fatah commandos
• 10 fedayeen
• 1 fedayeen bases
• 1 Fenjiyah
• 8 fighting
• 1 fighting in Beirut
• 1 fighting resumes
• 1 foreign policy strategy
• 1 fragile consensus
• 1 Francis E. Meloy
• 4 Franjiyah
• 1 Franjiyyah
• 1 French
• 1 French government
• 2 Gemayel
• 1 General Amos Yadlin
• 6 General Shihab
• 2 General Shihabi
• 1 General Tannous
• 1 George Bush
• 1 George Habbash
• 3 Golan Heights
• 1 ground operations
• 1 growing Syrian and Palestinian involvement
• 1 growing violence
• 1 Gush Emunim
• 1 Habib
• 1 Habib mission
• 15 Hafez al-Assad
• 1 Hamid Franjiyyah
• 1 Hammarskjold
• 1 heavy casualties
• 8 heavy fighting
• 1 hegemony
• 1 helicopters
• 1 Henry Kissinger
• 14 Hezbollah
• 1 Hezbollah network of groups
• 1 high state of alert
• 1 Hosni Mubarak
• 1 hostage release
• 1 hostage releases
• 1 hostage situation
• 2 House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
• 1 Hussein Musawai
• 12 Ilyas Sarkis
• 1 increased fighting
• 1 increase in fighting
• 1 increasing danger to US interests
• 1 increasing tension
• 2 infiltration
• 1 intelligence assessment
• 2 intelligence briefing
• 1 intelligence collection
• 2 intelligence failure
• 1 intelligence reporting
• 12 intelligence summary
• 1 intentions and capabilities
• 1 intercept communications
• 1 inter-communal tensions
• 2 internal disorder
• 1 internal situation
• 1 internal strife
• 1 internal unrest
• 1 international terrorism
• 2 intervention
• 1 intra-communal fighting
• 1 invasion of Lebanon
• 1 invasion of southern Lebanon
• 1 involved indirectly in fighting
• 17 Iran
• 1 Iranian battlefield mistakes
• 1 Iranian government
• 1 Iranian nuclear program
• 1 Iranian regime involvement
• 2 Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
• 6 Iran-Iraq
• 4 Iran-Iraq war
• 10 Iraq
• 1 Iraq-Jordan
• 3 Islamic Amal
• 1 Islamic fundamentalism
• 1 Islamic Jihad
• 1 Islamist
• 1 isolated Syria
• 38 Israel
• 3 Israeli air force
• 1 Israeli air strike
• 2 Israeli airstrikes
• 1 Israeli arms to Phalangist militia
• 1 Israeli assistance
• 1 Israeli attack on Beirut
• 2 Israeli border
• 1 Israeli commando raid
• 5 Israeli Defense Forces
• 1 Israeli elections
• 2 Israeli government
• 1 Israeli intelligence
• 1 Israeli intentions
• 1 Israeli intervention in Lebanon
• 1 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
• 1 Israeli military incursion
• 4 Israeli military intelligence
• 1 Israeli military pressure
• 1 Israeli military superiority
• 1 Israeli navy
• 1 Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon
• 1 Israeli raid
• 1 Israeli reaction
• 1 Israeli shelling
• 1 Israeli superiority
• 1 Israeli troop deployments
• 1 Israeli troops
• 1 Israeli troop withdrawal
• 1 Israeli withdrawal
• 1 Italian
• 11 Jordan
• 1 Jr.
• 1 Jumblatt
• 16 Kamal Jumblatt
• 2 Karami
• 2 kidnapings
• 1 killers captured
• 1 King Hassan
• 3 King Hussein
• 1 King Idris
• 1 Kinh Hussein
• 1 Kurdish problem
• 1 Kurds
• 2 Kuwait
• 1 lack of progress
• 1 Lansdale
• 1 Lebanese aircraft
• 1 Lebanese arm
• 8 Lebanese army
• 1 Lebanese Christians
• 1 Lebanese civil war
• 1 Lebanese crisis
• 1 Lebanese factional groups
• 1 Lebanese factions
• 2 Lebanese Forces
• 1 Lebanese intelligence reporting
• 1 Lebanese leftists
• 3 Lebanese military
• 1 Lebanese politics
• 2 Lebanese security forces
• 1 Lebanese situation
• 1 Lebano
• 1 Lebanon-Syria
• 1 leftist forces
• 1 leftist groups
• 1 leftist militias
• 1 leftist Muslim forces
• 1 legitimate political organization
• 1 lethal actions
• 10 Libya
• 1 Libyan assassination plot
• 1 Libyan prime minister
• 1 Litani River
• 1 looting
• 1 lull in military activity
• 1 major Iranian offensive
• 1 maps
• 2 Marine barracks
• 1 Marine barracks bombing
• 1 maritime surveillance
• 2 mediation
• 1 mediation efforts
• 1 meeting with Israeli leaders
• 3 Menachim Begin
• 5 Middle East
• 1 Middle East Oil
• 1 military activities
• 4 military activity
• 2 military advisors
• 1 military assistance
• 1 military balance
• 1 military buildup
• 1 military commitments
• 1 military coup
• 3 military intervention
• 1 military planning
• 9 military situation
• 1 military situationm Palestinian refugee camps
• 1 missile defense
• 1 mobilization
• 1 more attacks on US Marine positions
• 1 more devious
• 1 more pragmatic
• 1 Moroccan troop buildup
• 2 Morocco
• 1 Mount Hermon
• 1 Muammar Qadhafi
• 1 Multi-National Force
• 1 Musa Sadr
• 1 Muslim forces
• 1 Nabbi Berri
• 1 Nabbih Berri
• 1 Nabih Berri
• 1 national reconciliation talks
• 1 national unity
• 1 naval attaches
• 1 negotiated surrender
• 1 negotiating policy
• 1 negotiating the withdrawal of foreign forces
• 1 negotiation
• 10 negotiations
• 1 negotiations stalled
• 2 negotiations with Israel
• 1 neutrality
• 1 new cabinet
• 1 new fighting expected
• 1 Nigeria
• 1 no improvement in relations
• 1 no progress solving its problems
• 1 North Africa
• 1 no smoking gun
• 1 no Syrian involvement
• 1 nuclear fuel
• 2 offensive
• 1 oil spill
• 1 OPEC
• 4 Operation Litani
• 1 order of battle
• 1 outlook for Lebanese armed forces
• 3 Palestine Liberation Army
• 1 Palestine Liberation Organizatio
• 32 Palestine Liberation Organization
• 1 Palestine National Council
• 1 Palestinian dissidents
• 1 Palestinian fighters
• 1 Palestinian forces
• 1 Palestinian groups
• 1 Palestinian guerrillas
• 1 Palestinian leaders
• 4 Palestinian Liberation Organization
• 1 Palestinian militias
• 1 Palestinian positions
• 1 Palestinian problem
• 2 Palestinian refugee camps
• 19 Palestinians
• 1 Palestinian terrorism
• 1 Palestinian withdrawal
• 1 partial Israeli withdrawal
• 1 partitio
• 1 partition
• 1 Paslestinian guerrillas
• 1 peacekeeping
• 1 peacekeeping force
• 6 peacekeeping forces
• 1 peace mission
• 2 peace plan
• 2 peace process
• 1 peace prospects
• 6 Persian Gulf
• 2 petroleum
• 1 petroleum production
• 1 PFLP-GC
• 1 Phalange militia
• 1 Phalangist militias
• 1 Phalangist Party
• 5 Phalangists
• 1 Phillip Habib
• 2 Pierre Gemayel
• 2 Pierre Jumayyil
• 1 plausibility of hostilities
• 1 PLO guerrillas
• 1 PLO infighting
• 1 PLO-Jordanian alignment
• 2 PLO-Syria-Jordan
• 1 PLO withdrawa
• 1 PLO withdrawal
• 1 policy statement
• 1 Polisario
• 1 political consultations
• 1 political groups
• 1 political problems
• 1 politics and economics
• 1 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command
• 1 population displacement
• 1 possible culprits
• 1 possible Israeli offensive
• 1 President Assad
• 1 President Franjieh
• 1 President Franjiyah
• 1 presidential election
• 1 President Shihab
• 1 Prime Minister Karami
• 1 Prince Fahd
• 1 propaganda
• 1 protesting in favor of Iraq
• 1 punitive raids
• 2 Qadhafi
• 1 radical Lebanese Shias
• 2 radical Shiite groups
• 1 raid on Tel Aviv
• 1 Rashid Karami
• 1 Reagan Plan
• 1 rebel attack
• 10 rebel forces
• 1 rebellion
• 1 recommendations for improvement
• 2 reconciliation
• 1 reconciliation talks
• 1 reconnaissance flights
• 3 reconnaissance overflight
• 1 reconnaissance overflights
• 1 redistribution of power
• 1 reduction of forces
• 2 refugee camp
• 1 refugee camps
• 1 relative calm
• 1 renewed fighting
• 1 renewed hostilities
• 1 reprisals
• 1 resignation
• 1 resignation of cabinet
• 1 restrictions
• 1 resumption of offensive
• 2 retaliation
• 1 retaliatory attacks
• 1 return to normalcy
• 1 riots
• 1 rising violence
• 1 Riyadh accord
• 1 Riyadh summit meeting
• 1 SA-5 surface-to-air missiles
• 1 SA-6 missile brigade
• 1 Saib Salam
• 3 Saiqa
• 3 Salah Khalaf
• 1 satellite imagery
• 4 Saudi Arabia
• 1 Saudi troops withdrawing
• 1 Sawfar command center
• 1 scattered fighting
• 1 sectarian loyalties
• 2 security belt
• 21 security situation
• 1 security situation will deteriorate
• 1 Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• 1 Senator Chris Dodd
• 1 Senator Judd Gregg
• 1 Senator Thad Cochran
• 2 settlement
• 1 settlement negotiations
• 1 settlement problems
• 1 settlements
• 1 settlement talks
• 1 Shaul Mofaz
• 1 Sheikh Fadlallah
• 1 Shia grievances
• 1 Shia radicalism
• 1 Shia slums
• 1 Shiite armed groups
• 1 Shiite groups
• 2 Shiites
• 1 shipping developments
• 1 shootdowns
• 1 Shuf region
• 3 Sidon
• 3 siege
• 1 siege of Zahlah
• 1 situation assessment
• 31 situation report
• 1 situation unsettled
• 1 social and religious activities
• 1 southern Lebano
• 8 southern Lebanon
• 1 Soviet troops in Syria
• 2 Soviet Union
• 1 Spanish Sahara
• 1 special report
• 1 stable Lebanese government
• 1 standing in Arab world
• 2 State Department
• 1 state-sponsored terrorism
• 1 summit meeting
• 1 Suq al Gharb
• 1 surface-to-air missiles
• 1 survival of Gemayel government
• 1 Syira
• 1 Syri
• 64 Syria
• 1 Syrian activities
• 8 Syrian army
• 1 Syrian attacks
• 1 Syrian domestic politics
• 1 Syrian foreign minister
• 1 Syrian infiltrators
• 2 Syrian intelligence
• 1 Syrian intransigence
• 1 Syrian-Israeli combat
• 1 Syrian-Lebanese talks
• 2 Syrian mediation
• 1 Syrian MiG fighters
• 21 Syrian military
• 2 Syrian military activity
• 1 Syrian military dispositions
• 1 Syrian military forces
• 3 Syrian military intervention
• 2 Syrian offensive
• 1 Syrian-Palestinian accord
• 1 Syrian political objectives
• 1 Syrian troop deployments
• 1 Syrian troop dispositions
• 2 Syrian troop movements
• 5 Syrian troops
• 1 Syria providing intelligence and logistical support
• 1 Tell Zatar
• 4 Tel Zatar
• 1 Tel Zatar refugee camp
• 4 terrorism
• 4 terrorist attack
• 5 terrorist attacks
• 1 terrorist campaign
• 1 terrorist group
• 1 terrorist groups
• 1 threatens government authority
• 1 threat to Israel
• 1 threat to Saudi Arabia
• 1 transit point
• 2 tripartite talks
• 1 troop buildup
• 2 troop deployments
• 15 troop movements
• 1 troop reinforcements
• 1 troop rotation
• 3 troop withdrawal
• 1 Tropoli
• 1 truce
• 1 truck bombs
• 2 Turkey
• 1 TWA Flight 847
• 1 TWA hijacking
• 1 U.S. intervention
• 2 U.S. Marines
• 1 U.S. military
• 3 U-2
• 1 UAR proposal
• 1 umbrella organization
• 1 UNIFIL
• 6 United Nations
• 1 United Nations resolution
• 1 unmanned drones
• 1 UN Middle East debate
• 1 unstable political situation
• 1 unstable security situation
• 1 US economic sanctions
• 1 US hostages
• 1 US Marines
• 1 US military activities
• 3 US military attache
• 1 USS Liberty
• 6 USSR
• 1 USSR-Libya
• 1 USSR-Syria
• 1 violence
• 1 violent clashes
• 2 Walid Jumblatt
• 2 warning intelligence
• 4 Watch Committee
• 1 weapons collection
• 1 weapons-grade uranium
• 1 weapons shipments
• 1 West Bank
• 1 Western Sahara
• 1 William Buckley
• 1 withdrawal of Palestinians
• 15 Yasser Arafat
• 2 Yemen
• 1 Yigal Allo
• 1 Yigal Allon
• 3 Yitzhak Rabin
• 1 Zagharta
• 1 Zaid Rifai
• 1 “on its knees”