UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, April 12. 1996
7A
Israel unleashes attack of rockets against Lebanon
The Associated Press
BEIRUT Lebanon — Israeli aircraft unleashed a barrage of rockets across Lebanon yesterday, targeting the command center of Hezbollah guerillas in Beirut and ambushing cars suspected of carrying their commanders.
It was the first time since the 1982 invasion that Israeli forces have assaulted the Lebanese capital. With Israeli elections just weeks away and recent guerrilla attacks still fresh in the public's mind, the nine hours of strikes went beyond the usual reprisal.
Israeli fightermembers also attacked bases of the Irianian
Knight-Ridder Tribur
backed Hezbollah in eastern and southern Lebanon.
Casualty and damage reports were conflicting, with four or five people reported killed and about a dozen wounded.
Hezbollah's top commander in southern Lebanon, Sheik Nabil Kaouk, swore to burn the Israelis with their fire and blow up the ground under their feet.
the air strikes were in retaliation for Hezbollah attacks on Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon and Katyusha rocket assaults on northern Israel that killed one soldier and wounded 38 other Israelis this week.
The attack on Beirut was Israel's deepest inside Lebanon since its troops invaded almost 14 years ago to rout Palestinian guerrillas.
Four Apache helicopter gunships swooped over Beirut under overcast skies from warships off the Mediterranean coast to blast Hezbollah targets in the slums with at least seven
missiles.
Israeli government spokesman Uri Dromi said in Jerusalem, "The message to Hebbollah is: We will chase them everywhere, and we'll stop at nothing to make them stop their aggression against our north."
Since Palestinian suicide bombers killed 58 victims in Israel six weeks ago, Prime Minister Shimon Peres of Israel has been under extreme pressure to strike hard against guerrillas who threaten Israel's security.
With elections scheduled for May 29 and his own popularity flagging under the burden of guerrilla attacks, domestic politics may have colored Peres' decision to retaliate harshly and risk engulfing the region in new violence.
Beirut, which has demanded that Israel first pull its troops out of southern Lebanon, said Israel's military offensive would not force it to change course.
Lebanon's prime minister, Rafik Harari, the Israeli attacks would
lead to more violence that could end only with Israel's withdrawal from the border enclave.
The United States and France urged all sides to exercise restraint.
In Washington,
Secretary of State
Warren Christopher
laid the blame for the
blood shed
squarely
on Hezbollah, saying
the problem was
fundamentally
created by the
Kavushas.
Syria condemned the air strikes and accused Israel of violating a U.S.brokened 1993 understanding with Hezbollah guerrillas that civilian targets would not be hit. In a commentary by state-run Damascus Radio, Syria said the attacks
could be a prelude to more dangerous consequences.
Israel, signaling more military action to come, warned Lebanese civilians they could be hit if they aid Hezbollah.
Israel also ordered people in northern Galilee, a frequent target of guerrilla rocket attacks, into bomb shelters.
Thousands fled the border town of Qiryat Shemona, where 36 people were wounded by Katyusha attacks on Tuesday, to safety in central Israel. The army ordered all children under 16 to be evacuated from the north.
Israel's military headquarters said the helicopters attacked the operations center of Hezbollah. The army accused the group of using civilians as a shield and cover for its operations.
Israel television quoted high-ranking Israeli security sources as saying the 10-story building took a direct hit.
Russia announces opening of military space academy
THE NEWS in brief
The seven-year academy would accept students aged 14 and older, the president's office said in a statement.
"In fact, the school is mainly to help the sons of our officers, who sometimes have difficulties taking care of children because of financial and other problems," he said.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia is looking for a few good space cadets.
The Associated Press
Vyacheslav Mikhallichenko,
emy. The school is to open in St. Petersburg today, the national holiday Space Day and the 35th anniversary of the first manned space flight.
spokesman for Russia's Military Space Force, said the academy wasn't just for youngsters who dream of space missions.
The country's troubled space program got a boost yesterday when President Boris Yeltsin established Russia's first military space acad-
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