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...dozen--fell on the unprotected civilians for 11 or 12 minutes while U.N. officials frantically tried to get the Israelis to stop. Even after the official request had been made and acknowledged by Israel, one to two minutes into the barrage, the guns kept firing. Says U.N. spokesman Timor Goksel: "We asked Israel several times to stop firing on the Fijian headquarters, telling them that we had civilian victims, but in vain...
...Higgins was driving in a U.N. jeep station wagon from Tyre to Naqoura behind a similar vehicle in which two other observers were traveling," said U.N. spokesman Timur Goksel...
UNIFIL helicopters and ground troops are searching for Higgins, who was alone in his vehicle, Goksel said...
...Pentagon official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said 15 or 16 Americans were assigned to the observer group, but the U.N. put the number at 17. Goksel said only six were actually in Lebanon...