1. The research of which this article is a part has greatly benefited from comments and other assistance from Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, Paul Noble, As'ad Abd al-Rahman, Nabil Sha'th, Yusuf ‘Umar, Alex Brynen, Lamis Andoni, and Halla S. It is the author alone, however, who is solely responsible for the views presented herein.
2. George Habash in al-Khalij (Abu Dhabi), 4 October 1987 (in FBIS/JPRS, 19 November 1987).
3. The text of the Cairo Agreement can be found in Khalidi, Conflict and Violence in Lebanon, Appendix 1.