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Operation "Grapes of Wrath," which was continuing at the end of last week, is a series of coordinated Israeli raids against Hizballah, the Iranian-backed militia that has been fighting the Israelis in south Lebanon since 1982. The crisis was touched off by two recent Hizballah rocket attacks on northern Israel--both of which were themselves provoked by Israeli episodes involving the death of several Lebanese civilians outside the nine-mile "security zone" that Israel occupies in Lebanon. On Thursday Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres ordered three strikes against the Hizballah in Lebanon, including the raid on Beirut in which...
...Freemen drama confirms this point, but from another angle. Not content to live and let live in the peaceable Montana way, this band of alleged counterfeiters and tax cheats busied itself placing bounties on neighbors. No wonder the locals were set to raid the place before the FBI stepped in. In Montana, screwing the government is your affair, but no one likes a busybody...
...police raid of the Gilbert Tower room occupied by Blankenship and his roommate, Stephen V. David '96, allegedly revealed quantities of ecstasy, LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms and marijuana. Not too shabby a selection: substances in Classes B, C and D. What happened to A? Not strong enough, perhaps, for the Currier crowd...
...lanes rejoin on the other side into a huge chamber for the factory. Other chambers that connect to the main one are being dug. The Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Command, which oversees Delta Force and seal Team-6, studied the Tarhunah layout and concluded that a commando raid would be a suicide mission...
...rules regulating the pension plan allow employers up to 90 days to deposit employees' money into program. Already, the government has investigated 602 cases and closed 188, netting $5 million in payments. Many of these cases occurred at small- and medium-size firms, companies that are often tempted to raid 401(k) accounts to meet financial crises or to fund frivolous events like hunting trips or lavish lifestyles for executives. Since the 401(k)'s inception in 1979, 22 million workers have invested a total of $880 billion in the government-sponsored program. The government's amnesty announcement will reassure...