Word: lebanons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tied down 30 Axis divisions for four years during World War II. The generals would prefer another Desert Storm: an obvious enemy, a clear military objective, wide-open terrain suited to air attacks and fast armor sweeps, an overwhelming preponderance of force. What they see in Bosnia is Vietnam, Lebanon, a quagmire of murky goals and slogging infantry combat, where air power cannot be decisive and enemies, allies and civilians are indistinguishable...
...under way in Rome, it is easy to forget just who Rabin is. He is, after all, the former Defense Minister who ordered his army to use "force, strength and blows" to stop the intifadeh. He is the ex-general who, during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, proposed tightening up the siege on Beirut by cutting off food and water to the populace. This reserved, taciturn man is no tender heart, no dove...
...final Western hostages in Lebanon, German aid workers Heinrich Struebig and Thomas Kemptner, finally went home. In Bonn, Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel said a credit of several hundred million marks to Iran "played no role" in the release. Their return brings to an end a decade during which almost 100 foreigners were kidnapped in Lebanon...
...second week, Israel continued its artillery and air attacks on villages controlled by Shi'ite Hizballah guerrillas in southern Lebanon. So far, 24 people have been killed and 59 wounded. Fighting began after guerrillas attacked Israel's "security zone" inside the Lebanese border. Arab assailants meanwhile stabbed two Israelis to death, a 15-year-old schoolgirl near Tel Aviv and a rabbi in the Gaza Strip. Both murders sparked anti-Arab riots by Israelis. Defense Minister Moshe Arens ordered the Strip sealed off, restricting 700,000 Palestinians to the area...
Next year, she will work on a public health program in Lebanon, with the Lebanese Family Planning Association. the Stride-Rite winner says she will talk about proper health care with people in the worst affected areas of the country, and that she will volunteer in health clinics in the villages...