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Thursday, February 19, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Around the World
Syrian cease-fire efforts fail as Shiites, Druze wage street war
BEIRUT — Shite Muslim Amal militiamen and an alliance of Druze-Communist militias yesterday day fought a third day of bloody street battles for control of Muslim west Beirut despite Syrian cease-fire efforts.
Police and hospital sources said that at least 70 people had been killed and 200 wounded in the three-day conflict between Amal and a leftist Druze-Communist Muslim alliance battling with tanks, mortars, grenades and machine-gun fire.
Syria, Amal's main backer, put together a cease-fire force of Syrian and Lebanese soldiers and helicopters to disarm the settlements with orders to "shoot to kill."
if necessary to halt the bloodshed and get thousands of armed militiamen off the streets.
But the cease-fire force was fired upon and trapped, Amal headquarters came under siege and a top Syrian military official threatened to call in more Syrian troops to halt the fighting—the last of which since Mosul militias seized control of west Beirut in 1984.
Druze Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jalumblatt, Communist Party leader Georges Hawi and Amal leadaler Nahib Berri later met with Syrian Vice President Abdel Halel Khaddam in Damascus in the latest Syrian effort to secure a negotiated peace.
Irish prime minister concedes defeat to foe
DUBLIN, Ireland — Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald conceded defeat last night in Ireland's general election, but it was unclear whether opposition leader Charles Haughey would win a majority in Parliament.
"It itse fairly clear at this stage that Mr. Haughey is likely to be elected prime minister," Fitzgerald said. "Whether with an overall majority or not is certainly not clear."
Computer projections showed Haughey's Fianna Fail party
would win about 80 seats. Eighty seats would be four short of an outright majority in the 166-seat Ireland Parliament. But political analysis said Haughey could form a coalition administration, probably with independent politicians.
The outgoing prime minister pledged the support of his Fine Gael (Family of the Irish) party if Haughey takes tough measures to battle Ireland's worst economic crisis since independence.
Across the Country
Leaders disagree on peace for Middle East
WASHINGTON — President Reagan and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir disagreed yesterday on the feasibility, and even the possibility, of an international forum to revive the stalled Middle East peace process.
region.
Paying only the vaguest attention to the Iran arms-contra scandal and Jerusalem's role in it, Reagan and Shamir instead focused on what methods could be used to bring peace to the troubled
In a statement concluding his meeting with Shamir, Reagan said, "Our goal is setting in motion the agreement acceptable to Israel and all the parties."
"Any reasonable measure, including an international conference should be considered." Reagan said.
But Shamir did not mention the possibility of an international conference during the farewell ceremony at the White House.
Committee blocks $40 million in contra aid
WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 19-1 yesterday to cut all U.S. aid to the guerrilla army fighting to overthrow the Marxist-led Nicaraguan government — an effort that even supporters said ultimately would fail.
The action, approved largely by party lines, was the opening round
of another bitter congressional debate on President Reagan's policy of supporting the Nicaraguan "freedom fighters."
The measure would block delivery of the remaining $40 million of $100 million in military and other assistance to the contras that was narrowly approved in 1986.
Gates disputes role in Iran-contra affair
WASHINGTON - CIA Director nominee Robert Gates, facing tough Senate questioning, disputed charges yesterday that he was involved in misleading Congress about the Iran-contra affair and loyalty supported former CIA Director William Casey.
Gates, in a second day of confir
mation hearings before the Senate Intelligence Committee, pledged to keep the panel informed of agency activities and said he had issued new orders, as acting CIA director, to assure that the CIA does not get pulled into covert actions without proper authorization.
From Kansan wires
Weather
Today will be simply more of the same but with a few more clouds. The high will be 35 degrees with mostly cloudy skies and light winds. Mostly cloudy skies will continue tonight with a low near 20 degrees.
From the KU Weather Service
LAWRENCE FORECAST
Tomorrow a chance of light snow develops as the high reaches a chilly 34 degrees under mostly cloudy skies.
WEATHER FACT: Kansas' yearly mean snowfall is 19.9 inches.
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