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...Aviv. Their demand: free 25 Palestinians being held in Israeli jails or else the vehicle and its 39 passengers would be blown up. Then followed a tense, almost ten-hour standoff. Dozens of soldiers ringed the bus; inside, one of the terrorists could be seen holding a grenade launcher. Finally, at 4:45 a.m., Israeli commandos rushed the bus. Two terrorists were killed instantly, and the other two died of their wounds on the way to the hospital. One passenger died and seven were injured in the crossfire. Another grim episode of terrorism, so depressingly familiar to all Israelis, appeared...
...used by poorly trained troops. As an example of a first-rate Soviet product, American experts point to the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle. Simple, reliable and versatile, it is the favored weapon of guerrillas from Central America to Southeast Asia. The Soviet-built RPG-7 antitank rocket launcher is also easy to operate and has proved lethal in the fighting in Lebanon...
...Tripoli. Arafat apparently promised not to shell rebel positions from within the city, thus risking return fire, while Abu Mousa pledged not to invade. Nonetheless, rumors floated through the city all week that Arafat was about to flee. On Thursday, Italian Defense Minister Giovanni Spadolini announced that the missile launcher Orsa and the destroyer Intrepido stood ready off the Lebanese coast to evacuate Arafat...
...weapons." The White House has been hinting at much the same thing in special, secret briefings for key members of Congress. In those sessions, the Administration has indicated that a favorable Soviet response to Reagan's major public change in the START package, the lifting of the 850-launcher limit, might lead to other adjustments in the U.S. position later...
Crucial to congressional endorsement was the Scowcroft Commission report released in April. The panel recommended the deployment of 100 MX missiles in existing Minuteman silos, implying that the ten-warhead launcher is a necessary lever in arms negotiations with the Soviets. But the commission linked MX development to arms control and proposed the deployment of smaller, mobile, single-warhead Midgetman missiles in the 1990s that would be less vulnerable to attack...