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--warned on Cairo television that the Middle East was in the grips of "continuous war." They also followed three Israeli airstrikes against Jordan that reportedly killed four Arab civilians.
Israel hits Cairo targets
MIDEAST — Israeli commandos knifed into Egypt's upper Nile Valley under cover of darkness today and attacked power lines to Cairo, bridges and other "important targets" in retaliation for what Israel called "uninterrupted provocations" by the Egyptians along the Suez Canal.
The rare Israeli foray into Egypt came shortly after President Gamal Abdel Nasser
Prime Minister Golda Meir took the unprecedented step of confirming the Israeli raids and justifying them in a communique as a response to Egypt's commando raids and shelling attacks across Suez.
The Israeli army in Tel Aviv said the raids hit high voltage electric power lines to Cairo, bridges across the Nile River, and other "important targets in upper Egypt in the Nile region before dawn."
The Israelis declined to be more specific or to explain how their men reached the targets, which would have been at least about 65 miles from Israeli positions in Sinai.
"All our units returned safely to their bases," the army said.
"Of late there have occurred intensifications of acts of aggression in the Suez Canal zone in the form of artillery shelling, sniping, mining and commando raid attempts" by the Egyptians, Mrs. Meir's communique said.
had been initially opened by the Egyptians . . . " she continued.
"These acts . . . represent and uninterrupted provocation."
VC delegate may hold Paris key
Israeli units rarely intrude into Egypt. The last raid was Sept. 30, 1968.
PARIS - U.S. and South Vietnamese peace negotiators believe that the Viet Cong's lady delegate who mysteriously left Paris on a tour of world capitals may hold the key to a breakthrough in the deadlocked talks, an Allied official said today.
"Members of the United Nations observer staff, having been wounded a number of times themselves, had repeatedly confirmed the fact that the fire
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Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh, second ranking member of the Viet Cong's National Liberation Front (NLF), slipped out of Paris on April 14 on a Moscow-bound plane. She was seen off by Col. Ha Van Lau, the deputy leader of the North Vietnamese delegation.
gone for a stay with the Viet Cong in South Vietnam.
Mrs. Binh has failed to return to Paris for the last two conference sessions. There was speculation that she may have
Conference observers reasoned that the arduous journey back to the jungles of South Vietnam presumably over the infiltration routes from North Vietnam would only have been decided upon for very important consultation.
Viet Cong negotiator, who has spent almost half her life with guerrillas. had accepted an invitation to attend an antiwar gathering in Sweden sometime in May.
It was learned that the frail
NLF spokesmen would not say when Mrs. Binh was expected to return.
The Allies official indicated that Mrs. Binh's mission could produce a long-awaited shift in the Viet Cong's tough negotiating stance.
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"Madame Binh left in secret and no one knows whether she is in Moscow or whether she is in Hanoi," The Allied official said, "Communist spokesmen try to give the impression that her trip is of no importance." It indicated that the Allies thought otherwise.
The Viet Cong delegation made no announcement concerning her departure and only confirmed that she had left Paris on an official mission that would take her to several world capitals.
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