some of my remarks to the States in the first category, the victims. Today I should like to say a few things to the sponsors and supporters. We have listened to some of them just now around this ‘very table. 160. We have heard, for example, from Syria, the butcher of Lebanon, a country which systematically prac- tises terrorism, including such Syrian specialties as car bombs and assassinations, from Tripoli to Sidon. Syria has 13 also recently acquired a wholly-owned subsidiary of the PLO. And let me remind all members that it was Syria that imported the Iranian Hezbollah into Lebanon in the first place. 161. We heard yesterday from the Soviet Union, whose press in the last few days has been unleashed to pour out a torrent of abuse against Israel, accusing us-as the Soviet representative did yesterday-of State-sponsored terror- ism. The Soviets know whereof they speak when they dis- cuss this subject. They have unstintingly and generously supported terrorist groups around the world. They have gone so far as to train terrorists in special camps in the Soviet Union itself. The Soviet attitude towards indiscrimi- nate violence ‘is well-evidenced in the bombings-not, mind you, surgical strikes against military targets, but carpet bombings-of entire villages in the Panjsher Valley in Afghanistan. 162. But when talking about the Soviet Union today, I must note that at this very moment, and perhaps only for a brief moment, the Soviet Union happens to belong to both categories of countries. It is ‘now, both backer and victim. Having nurtured the serpent of terror for so long, the Soviet Union has discovered that it is not fully domesti- cated, as can be seen by the recent kidnappings and murder of Soviet diplomats in Lebanon by groups which the Soviet Union has uncritically supported in many forums, including this one. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement made by a government official or representative, likely in a United Nations or international forum. The language used is confrontational and critical, targeting specific countries and their actions. The topic seems to be terrorism and the roles of various countries in promoting or combating it.

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