European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday Juty 27,1993 Israel blasts Lebanon for 2nd Day jets gunboats rockets attack suspected guerrilla bases Mash Harah Lebanon a israeli warplanes gunboats and Howitz ers blasted suspected guerrilla bases across Lebanon on monday As Israel s heaviest attack since its 1982 invasion extended into a second Day. Thousands of civilians were reported hiding in bomb shelters or fleeing North Ward from the Border Region. Guerrillas responded with barrages of rockets in israeli positions in Southern Lebanon and settlements in Northern is Rael. Some 150,000 israelis in Border towns spent the night in underground shelters and officials planned to evac uate children the elderly and the disabled. Security sources said guerrillas killed two israeli soldiers monday in an ambush in the israeli occupied Buffer zone in Southern Lebanon. Israeli leaders met monday to discuss the fighting but said the government did not plan to Widen the military operation. The attack was a response to the Escala Tion of raids by lebanese and palestinian guerrillas on Israel s Security zone in Southern Lebanon. At least 36 people including six syrian soldiers have been killed and 120 wounded in the two Days of fighting in Lebanon. Two israelis were killed and 23 were wounded sunday in rocket attacks by guerrillas on the Northern israeli town of Kiryati Shimona. Fighting escalated dramatically be tween israeli troops and pro iranian and syrian backed guerrillas opposed to mid dle East peace talks. Unlike Israel s usual Quick strikes to retaliate for guerrilla raids israeli forces attacked All Day sunday through the night and into monday. Police said a guerrilla naval training base for the popular front for the liberation of Palestine general command was levelled killing at least 10 people and wounding 30. The voice of the South radio said is Rael warned commercial and fishing ves Sels to stay away from Saida site of ancient Sidon. The radio run Byan israeli backed lebanese militia said the israeli Navy would enforce the ban by Force. The same station later warned Resi dents of 17 villages North of the israeli Buffer zone to evacuate by mid afternoon saying the villages would be shelled. Some 1,800 people from villages near Mash Harah fled North to avoid the fight ing local police said. Security officials said shelling was too heavy around the Central Market town of Nab Atiyeh for people to risk leaving their Homes. On sunday israeli air raids hit about 60 targets stretching from Southern Leb anon to the Bekaan Valley near the syrian order to a Bluff 10 Miles South of Beirut. Police said six syrian soldiers were killed and six wounded. The syrian army com Mand in Damascus confirmed three dead and three wounded. Arab guerrillas responded to the raids by firing about 100 Katusha rockets a israeli positions in Southern Lebanon and settlements in Northern Israel. The bar rages continued monday but there we Reno reports of injuries. Israel s Cabinet met Early monday to discuss further strikes in Lebanon. Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin spokesman Gad Beo Ari said there were no plans to broaden the military operation which was named settling accounts. . Secretary of state Warren is scheduled to arrive in the Region saturday in an attempt to revive the stalled peace talks. Attackers kill 11 at White Church in South Africa Cape town South Africa a political Lead ers expressed outrage monday at the massacre of 11 White churchgoers in a Middle class suburb the dead Liest attack on White civilians in 10 years. The african National Congress the leading Black group called the killings a monstrous crime against humanity aimed at derailing efforts at peaceful reconciliation. Nonetheless the government pressed ahead with de Bate on a historic draft Constitution to give the country its first government elected jointly by Blacks and Whites. More than 20 Black and White groups met monday to begin discussing the Post apartheid Constitution. The government also offered a $74,000 Reward for in formation leading to the killers in sunday s attack in the Cape town suburb of Kenilworth. Police and witnesses said the assailants Barge through a Side door of the St. James Church of eng land As the Rev. Ross Anderson was preparing to address More than 1,000 worshippers. The attackers fired ak-47 assault rifles and lobbed at least two hand Gre Nades sending people diving for cover among the pews. Police Gen. Nick Snyman said 11 people were killed and 52 injured 10 seriously. The dead included three russian sailors who had joined More than 100 russian seamen at the service while their ships were docked at Cape town. In the aftermath bloodstained bibles Lay on the floor pews were overturned and the aisles were streaked with blood. It was an absolute horror said Trevor Adams one of the survivors. No one claimed responsibility but Radical Black groups were considered the most Likely suspects. The ferocity and timing of the attack underlined the difficulties Black and White groups face As they try to win approval of a new Constitution and plan peaceful elections. If people Are not Safe in their churches How Are they going to consider going to the polls said Robi Carlisle a member of the Liberal democratic party. President Clinton and members of the Achilles track club enjoy run at Washington we t Potomac Park Clinton jogs with handicapped group people with various disabilities and 6,000 Volunteer members. Clinton wore the act shirt As did Mostof the runners. The club s president Richard Traum a one legged Man used crutches to keep up with the pack then dropped out. Leszek Sibeleski a polish journalist and a Volunteer told reporters it s a big Holiday for us that the president of the United states is running with us. It Means he is supporting our Washington up president Clinto commemorated the third anniversary of the Ameri cans with disabilities act by jogging monday with nine handicapped members of the Achilles track club. Clinton and his party which included a Blindman jogged for about three Miles in 30 minutes around Hains Point in West Potomac club is a new York organization of 3,000 korean Airliner with 106 aboard crashes in rain Seoul South Korea a a Domestic Airliner carrying 106 passengers and Crew members crashed monday while making three attempts to land in heavy rain and High winds. Reports said 33 to 43 people survived. The Asiana airlines Boeing 737-500 was flying from Seoul to the Southwest Ern coastal City of mop o when it slowed into a wooded Hillside at 3 50 p.m., police and aviation officials said. Police said the plane went Down in a rainstorm while trying to land near the Village of Hae Nam about 30 Miles South of Mokpo on a Peninsula jutting into the sea. A stewardess 23-year-old Park Jinah said the plane was making its third land ing try when it hit the Hill. There was a huge crashing sound soon after the Pilot s announcement that we were about to land.," she said. There was heavy fog and poor visibility she said. Kim Hyong Kyun a 30-year-old airline official on the plane said i thought i was going to die. I hugged my wife next to me. On Impact the plane was broken in two pieces and my wife was under he escaped with minor bruises. His wife also survived but her injuries were not immediately known. There was no word from the airline on the number of dead or the number of survivors. An airline official speaking on condition of anonymity said the Passen Ger list indicated three people on the plane were japanese and the rest korean. The japanese embassy said four japanese were believed to have been on the flight. News reports said most of the survivors were seated toward the rear of the plane. It was unclear How Many bodies had been found. Searchers struggled through rain mud and debris looking for bodies and survivors Long into the night
