Word: lebanons
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Israeli Jets Bomb Lebanon...
...evening raid by Israeli fighter-bombers on a Muslim village in southern Lebanon killed 10 civilians and wounded 15 more. The Israeli army later apologized for what it said was an error...
...common market is beginning to glimmer over the sands of the Middle East. Peace between Israel and most of its Arab neighbors now seems inevitable. But to be truly stable, the process must include Syria, the hostile power to Israel's north and the de facto ruler of Lebanon. The crucial next decision is up to Syrian President Hafez Assad, who sits brooding in Damascus as the self-proclaimed embodiment of Arab nationalism. Will he join the trend or try to resist...
Israel blames the wave of violence on Iran and the Islamic radical groups it supports. But Assad's laissez-faire attitude toward them, especially Hizballah, the main militant organization based in Lebanon, makes it easier for them to operate. Discussing attacks on Israeli occupation forces in southern Lebanon by Hizballah last week, Rabin noted, "If you ask me if Syria can place limits on Hizballah's activities, I will say yes." But does Syria want to use this power? "My answer is: In a very limited...
...Il.ARGENTINA . . . WAS THE BOMB BLAST REVENGE? The blowing up of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires yesterday may have been retaliation for Israel's gains against Hizballah, the Iran-backed terrorist group, according to Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. In June, Israel bombed Hizballah's training base in Lebanon, killing 26 guerrillas and wounding 40. After the attack, TIME reported that Hizballah leader Hussein Musawi had promised revenge "perhaps in Europe and America.'' Iran has denied involvement in the Buenos Aires attack, which killed 26 people and injured over 120. Agents of Israel's intelligence service, MOSSAD, are helping...