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Messiah

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said, "I'd say, 'Come on, give
me a break.' "

Post Columnist Assails
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When he first sent U.S.
forces to Saudi Arabia, Pres-
ident Bush's popularity was
so high he could have been
elected to a lifetime in the
White House. Now, the
critics are on his trail and it
is beginning to become a
nasty sight.
In a recent column, Wash-
ington Post columnist
Richard Cohen was mad at
the President for the
"unseemly haste" with
which he has been reversing
American policy that has
stood for decades. Of Secre-
tary of State James Baker's
talks with Syrian dictator,
Hafez Assad, Mr. Cohen
said, "Syria has been for ter-
rorist groups what Delaware
has been for corporate head-
quarters — a nice place to do
business. No matter. Syria is
our ally of the moment,

maybe of the future as well.
What is our new policy
toward Syria and what does
it mean for our friendship
with Israel? It's safe to say
no one knows the answer to
those questions."
Of the F-15 jets that would
be part of the White House's
$20 billion arms deal. with
Saudi Arabia, Mr. Cohen
said they would not make
"an immediate difference in
the showdown with Iraq. But
they could make a 'difference
in some Arab showdown
with Israel. That ought to be
taken into consideration —
at least discussed."
Overall, Mr. Cohen urged
the president to slow down:
"In foreign policy, as in golf,
this president needs to take
his time — if only to
think." ❑

U.S. Embassy
Target For Attack

Jerusalem (JTA) — Pales-
tinian terrorists who took
part in the May 30 Shavuot
attack on the Tel Aviv beach
had the U.S. Embassy as one
of their prime targets, accor-
ding to formal charges
brought Thursday in a Lod
military court against 11
survivors of the raid.
The court ordered them
held in custody for the dura-
tion of legal proceedings. A
12th defendant will be ar-
raigned before the tribunal
at a later date.
The suspects are alleged
members of the Palestine
Liberation Front, headed by
Mohammed (Abul) Abbas,
who masterminded the 1985
hijack of the Italian cruise
ship Achille Lauro.
According to the charges
filed, the terrorists were par-
ticipants in an elaborate
scheme to attack the Tel
Aviv beaches, crowded on
the Shavuot holiday, and
cause as much bloodshed as
possible among civilians.
The 15-count indictment
said they also planned to at-

tack the U.S. Embassy near
the beachfront and inflict
casualties on U.S. personnel.
The terrorists set out on
their mission from Libya,
which provided manpower
and all other assistance. The
terrorists' "mother ship"
launched six speedboats fill-
ed with armed men just out-
side Israeli territorial
waters.
Because of mechanical
failures and navigation
errors, only two of the boats
managed to reach shore, one
at Ga'ash, north of Tel Aviv,
and the other south, at Nit-
zanim, between Ashkelon
and Ashdod, both well away
from their original targets.
They were intercepted by
Israeli security forces, who
killed four and captured 12
before any damage or
casualties were inflicted.
The accused, whose ages
range from 20 to 30, trained
for their mission in Libya.
One of them, Mazen Rashid
Hijazi, 29, of Jerusalem,
taught the others Hebrew.
Mr. Hijazi, who served

