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...added a new twist to the ongoing cycle of violence in the Holy Land. Youngsters of both communities face injury or death from Iraqi missiles, or even bombs dropped from planes, but the reactions have been vastly different. The Scud attacks, which so far have primarily hit the Tel Aviv area but pose a threat to the whole country, have left Israeli children feeling fearful, frustrated and helpless. Palestinian youngsters, by contrast, appear relaxed and resigned. Sometimes they are even proud that an Arab -- Saddam Hussein -- has been able to strike at Israel...
...such luck. Early Friday morning, air-raid sirens went off through much of Israel. The government radio ordered all citizens to don the gas masks that had been distributed earlier and move into the sealed rooms that every household had been urged to prepare. Then blasts began rocking Tel Aviv and Haifa. Early reports said at least one missile warhead had released nerve gas and that a hospital in Tel Aviv was receiving gassed victims...
...Israeli count eight Scuds hit Tel Aviv, Haifa and the Ramallah area on Friday, but none released gas. They injured about a dozen people but killed no one. Four elderly Israelis and a three-year-old girl, however, either suffocated inside gas masks that had been improperly adjusted or died of heart attacks. Despite the fatalities, that amounted to a popgun attack in contrast to the kind of assault Israel and the U.S. had feared Saddam would mount...
...Saturday morning three more missiles fell on Tel Aviv. This time 10 people were injured, but again no one was killed. President Bush and British Prime Minister John Major separately telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Bush at 3 a.m. Washington time, to plead again for restraint. After the Israeli Cabinet met in a concrete bunker on Saturday, the government once more assured Washington that it would not retaliate now. The U.S. installed in Israel two batteries of the Patriot antimissiles, manned by American servicemen, the first time the U.S. had participated directly in Israel's defense. The government said...
Weapons experts are quick to point out the deficiencies of the Scud missile. It is unwieldy and inaccurate, practically antique, a dinosaur compared with the sleek and precise Tomahawk cruise missile. But clumsiness can still be dangerous -- as Israel discovered when a dozen Scuds came galumphing into Tel Aviv and Haifa last week. Designed by the Soviets to deliver nuclear warheads over a short range, the Scud can miss its mark by as much as a mile. It is most effective against large cities, where the goal is not to hit a specific target but to terrorize the population. During...