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1982

Abscam Sting

1982A

By Oliphant, 'The Washington Star', March 26, 1982

"Abscam" was an FBI code name for a sting operation in which an FBI employee posed as a fictional Middle Eastern sheikh.

June 6, 1982, Israel marches on Beirut

1982B

1982C

By Oliphant, 'The Washington Star', June 21, 1982

1982D

By Roy Peterson, 'The Vancouver Sun', Canada, June, 1982

With apologies to Slim Pickens

1982E

By Craig Macintosh, 'The Minneapolis Star-Tribune', 1982

1982F

By Oliphant, 'The Washington Star', June 29, 1982

1982G

By Locher, 'The Chicago Tribune', June, 1982

1982H

By Garland, 'The Daily Telegraph', June 25, 1982

1982I

By Garland, 'The Daily Telegraph', June 30, 1982

1982J

By Mauldin, 'The Chicago Sun-Times', July, 1982

1982K

By Lurie, 'The Times', London, July, 1982

1982L

By MacNelly, 'The Washington Post', July 24, 1982

PLO forces leave Beirut for Tunisia on August 30, 1982

1982M

By Bill Deore, 'The Dallas Morning News', August 14, 1982

Philip Habib, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East

1982N

By Brookins, 'The Richmond Times-Dispatch', August 20, 1982

Multinational force arrives in Lebanon to oversee the evacuation of the PLO.

1982O

1982P

By Jack Ohman, 'Newsweek', August 30, 1982

The Sabra and Shatila massacre

1982Q

1982V

General Ariel Sharon, Israeli Defence Minister

1982R

By Brooking, 'The Richmond Time-Dispatch', September 21, 1982

Following the assassination of Bashir Gemayel, leader of the Christian Phalangists, his men descended on Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut. There they slaghtered the camps inhabitants wholesale.

The camps were surrounded by Israeli forces who controled the entrances.

1982S

By Jack Ohman, 'The Detroit Free Press', September, 1982

By Edgar Soller, 'Fil-American News', 1982

1982U

By Heller, 'The West Bend News' (Wisc.), September, 1982

1982W

By Ed Fischer, 'The Rochester Post-Bulletin', September, 1982

1982X

By Wright, 'The Miami News', September, 1982

1982Y

By Garland, 'The Daily Telegraph', September 21, 1982

1982Z

By Don Wright, 'The Miami News', September, 1982

1982AA

By Franklin, 'The Sun', September 21, 1982

1982BB

By Rob Lawlor, 'The Philadelphia Daily News', 1982

1982CC

By Lurie, 'The Times', London, 1982

1982DD

By Lurie, 'The Times', October 2, 1982