The World: Black September's Ruthless Few

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One Arab who understands the new terror—and deplores it—is Cairo Editor Mohammed Hassanein Heikal. Vacationing in Rome last week, Heikal observed: "Unfortunately, when people are desperate, they behave desperately. Many fedayeen have reached the point of desperation where they are determined not to permit the world one day's peace. The fedayeen are curbed for the moment, but they have more manpower, are better armed and better trained than ever before. The quality of their men is better, they are dedicated and perfectly willing to die if necessary. Those boys in Munich were prepared to kill. But they were also prepared to die." That kind of dedication adds a new dimension to terror that even the astute Israelis may have trouble handling.