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- Id I I1 I , , , II 1 1 1 1 1 I I L 1111II 1~1III1l II ' I l l i , 1 1 1 I I IC0 00 18 2 17 . . , a * * - . * . 1 and heavy retribution. And no Syrian government is likely to be foolish enough to encourage large-scale terrorist activity against an Israeli enemy which is only two hours' drive from the gates of Damascus. It has been estimated that 30,000 to 50,000 Palestinians have been given military training, and elite squads have received additional training for sabotage and murder operations. While King Hussein of Jordan appears to be thinkhg more in terms of a negotiated peace with 'Israel, and President Sadat of Egypt has ejected his Soviet advisers, technicians and airmen and thus diminished his effective military strik- ing power, the Palestinian Arabs are increasingly isolated and unhappy with the "no-war-no-peacen situation. The civilised world, at the same time, is becoming more and more angered by sabotage and hijacking operations, and by brutal and murderoik attacks on harmless civilians. Yet Rome and Eonn are already threatened by mounting terrorist activity; tomorrow it may be the turn of London and other western capitals. The Spectator September 9, 1972 .'t I I . 5 *