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Past,
Present & Future
by Alexander Kharkovsky
Soviet Emigre
Former Writer for Vokrug Sveta
Soviet Engineer
Tuesday, March 29
7:30 p.m.
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World and Nation
Israelis arrest hundreds,
hope to stop rebellions
JERUSALEM (AP) — The army
made overnight raids throughout
the occupied lands Wednesday, ar
resting hundreds of Palestinians in
its latest strategy for ending a rebel
lion in which more than 100 Arabs
and an Israeli soldier have been
killed.
Israeli warplanes flew their sec
ond raid in six days against guerrilla
targets in south Lebanon.
Arab reports said about 500 Pales
tinians were rounded up in the
sweep. Defense Minister Yitzhak Ra
bin said 3,000 have been detained
since riots began Dec. 8 in the occu
pied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Soldiers shot and wounded an
Arab protester in Gaza’s Jabaliya ref
ugee camp, officials at Shifa Hospi
tal reported. I hey also said a Pales
tinian from the Deir al Balah camp
had serious head injuries from a
beating.
According to U.N. figures, 107
Palestinians have been killed sime
Foreign ministry
orders diplomat
to leave Panama
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) —
A U.S. diplomat was given 48 hours
to leave Panama on Wednesday, the
third day of a general strike that has
virtually shut down the country but
not loosened Gen. Manuel Antonio
Noriega’s grip on power.
David Miller, an economics coun
selor, was the second American dip
lomat ordered out by the Foreign
Ministry, which gave no reason for
its decision.
In Washington, the State Depart
ment said Wednesday night it would
ignore the order because the United
States considers the government that
issued it illegitimate.
The Ministry gave the same rea
son when it decided to reject the pre
vious order against Terence Knee-
bone, head of the U.S. Information
Service in Panama, who remains in
the country.
Panama is out of cash because
Washington cut off the supply of
LI.S. dollars, the Panamanian na
tional currency, in its effort to drive
Noriega into exile.
Federal grand juries in Florida
decided to indict Noriega last month
on narcotics and money laundering
charges.
A U.S. medical batallion truck re
turning from maneuvers with a
dozen soldiers was surrounded and
stopped by national police after
straying onto a city highway
Wednesday afternoon.
The truck and men were held for
an hour at the roadside, then taken
to Fort Amador, a Panamanian base
with a U.S. liason.
A Panamanian soldier outside the
military police office where the
Americans were taken would not al
low reporters inside and said the in
cident was being handled as an ad
ministrative process.
Under the treaties between the
United States and Panama, such mil
itary trucks are prohibited outside of
the former Canal Zone.
the violence began, nearly allkl
raeli army gunfire or beatings
Israeli soldier was shot todea:!
an Arab last weekend.
The number ol major prt
and street battles has declined]
matieally in recent days. Rabin j
ited tough Israeli policies oft
rest and economic sanctions.
India protested Israel’s ban
of the Arab rebellion by cancel
match in I srael by its Davis I
nis team scheduled fornextmotj
Sandinista
soldiers entel
Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras
— A reported 300 NicararJ
troops entered Honduran terr
Wednesday in the same
where Sandinista soldiers
U.S.-supported Contra rebebj
week, a Honduran military
said.
“We don’t know the purpoxl
this new entry and violation!
country, but the situation is I
studied by the high command,i
the source, w ho spoke on condi
of anonymity.
“It’s a matter of small
groups of Sandinistas. Becaiftl
that, the state of alert coniim»]
all combat units of the
forces,” he said.
The location was given asthf]
Andres de Bocay region inOlarJ
province, but no other details'
available.
In Washington, a governDl
source speaking on conditionola
nymity said there had beenuno
firmed reports that an estimated!
Sandinista soldiers bad enief
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