Israeli Planes Strike Damour and Naameh in Lebanon Raid
Ten Israeli warplanes bombed the Palestinian towns of Damour and Naameh about 50 miles inside Lebanon in a second raid in three days. Palestinians report three wounded including two PFLP General Command fighters as commercial flights were warned to circle off the coast during the attack.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Damour
Naameh
WAFA
U.S
Philip Habib
Israel
Menachem Begin
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine General Command
Nabatiyeh
Israel raids targets near Damour amid Lebanese crisis
An official Tel Aviv announcement says Israeli planes attacked anti-aircraft positions caves and bunkers near Damour in the Naameh area. A WAFA correspondent reported bombs hit targets but did not specify. The attack coincided with Syrian patrols over the Beqaa and the downing of two Syrian helicopters.
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Tel Aviv
Damour
Naameh
WAFA
Arafat blames U S for attack on Iraq reactor
PLO leader Yasser Arafat accused the United States of carrying out the June 7 raid on Iraq’s nuclear reactor near Baghdad in an interview with Al Moukif Al Arabi. He said Arabs failed to retaliate suitably and warned of possible further Israeli strikes.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
PLO
Yasser Arafat
United States
Israel
Iraq
Al-Moukif Al-Arabi
Arafat
Baghdad
Opponents threaten Khomeini regime in Iran crisis
Iran's fugitive president Bani Sadr and Cyrus Pahlavi released taped messages vowing to contest the Islamic republic to the end. The tapes, recorded in Egypt and distributed in Iran, claim the army remains intact and will reveal its power soon. Nine dissidents fatally shot by revolutionary courts were reported by Tehran Radio.
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Ankara
Turkey
UPI
Iran
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Shah
Hurriyet
Istanbul
Bani-Sadr
Cyrus Reza Pahlavi
Pahlavi
Egypt
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Tehran
Tehran Radio
German police clash with squatters in Grunewald riot
In Berlin police used tear gas and night sticks to disperse about 5,000 squatters and sympathizers rampaging through Grunewald. About 1,000 officers faced stones and paint while 10 arrests and three injuries were reported. Morgenpost called the actions psychological terror against families.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
Grunewald
Morgenpost
Lightning strikes Japanese ship amid Baltic report
A series of brief UPI dispatches describe a lightning strike on a Japanese ship near Belfast Ireland and violent protests in Northern Ireland. Separate items note Haig shifting to Cambodia, Pope John Paul I appealing to Red Brigades, and European leaders backing Schmidt against neutralist trends within the SPD.
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The
Bahamas
UPI
Alexander Haig
Caribbean
Cambodia
Haig
New York
Canada
Mexico
Venezuela
Pope
Rome
John Paul I
Italy
Red Brigades
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Poland
Schmidt
Bonn
West Germany
Francois Mitterrand
Helmut Schmidt
Social Democrat
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