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...last summer and subsequent partial withdrawal this year that touched off the latest round of Christian-Drund warfare. Now the Syriann that once supported Arafat are backing his opponents in Tripoli, even as the Israelis (who entered Lebanon to clear out the PLO) are bombing anti-Arafat forces near Tyre...
...attack against the Israeli headquarters in Tyre brought to 551 the number of Israelis killed in Lebanon since the beginning of the invasion on June 6, 1982. For many Israelis, it raised once again the question of whether the country's troops should continue to stay in Lebanon. Lamented a reserve lieutenant colonel standing on a mound of debris in Tyre: "Lebanon has become our graveyard...
...similarities were eerie. As dawn was breaking over southern Lebanon last Friday morning, a suicidal terrorist driving a bomb-laden Chevrolet pickup crashed through the barricade at the Israeli military headquarters in the Lebanese port city of Tyre. Practically in the middle of the compound, nearly half a ton of explosives detonated, killing 28 Israeli soldiers and military personnel and 32 Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners who were being held in one of the buildings. Forty-one other people were wounded. For the Israelis, who had bolstered their security following the deaths of some 230 U.S. Marines and other servicemen...
...block the terrorist's truck. His success demonstrated, as if further proof were needed, how difficult it is to make any installation secure from a suicide attack (see box). The truck was said to have passed three unmanned Israeli roadblocks on the coastal highway that runs through Tyre, a Mediterranean port 50 miles south of Beirut. Sentries at two posts opened fire as the truck turned into the compound. David Illouz, one of the Israeli guards, said that he "fired without letup" at the pickup truck and was certain that he had hit the driver. But the truck ripped...
...Israeli calamity in Tyre came at a time when the Reagan Administration was re-examining its relationship with Israel in Lebanon. For much of the past year, the U.S. has pressed Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon, but only at such time as Syria and the P.L.O. would also be prepared to withdraw. Two months ago, the Israelis pulled their forces out of the Chouf Mountains and the Beirut area and established a new line along the Awali River. The U.S. understood the need of the Israelis to reduce their continuing casualties, but resented the fact that the Israelis...