Israelis Syrians brace for Golan Heights clash
Israelis move reinforcements toward the Syrian border as Jewish settlers prepare bomb shelters. Arabs on the Golan Heights call a three day strike to contest Israel's annexation. Defense Minister Sharon tours bases while the army chief cuts short a Cairo visit. Damascus and Washington debate UN action as Mubarak warns Syria. Druse and Jewish residents react amid elevated tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
Golan Heights
Ariel Sharon
Galilee
Raphael Eytan
Cairo
Syria
Mubarak
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
Cense
Sharon
Lebanon
Israel TV
Golan
Majdal Shams
Quiet Night Gdansk Seethes as Solidarity Rally Reaches Crisis
In Lenin shipyard Solidarity debates emergency powers and a potential general strike while a citywide isolation rumor spreads. Lech Walesa and leaders clash over tactics as police tighten rounds, martial law looms, and a national strike gathering forms for Dec 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Monde
Gdansk
Poland
Solidarity
Lenin Shipyard
Jan Rulewski
Bydgoszcz
Karol Madzelski
Rulewski
Communist Party
National Commission
Young
Lenin
Stopol
Lech Walesa
Monopole
Heveluis
Cozmeck
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Solidarity Assembly
Nozol
Warsaw
Walesa
New York Times News Service
Iraq embassy bombing leaves Beirut rubble and missing envoy
Police said rescuers using torches recovered three bodies and six survivors from the demolished Beirut embassy rubble. Iraqi Ambassador Abdul Razzak Mohammed Lafta remained missing as the five story building was leveled amid conflicting accounts of a car bomb attack and possible self-inflicted detonation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Torch Light
Iraq
Abdul Razzak Mohammed Lafta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Damascus
U.N. Security Council
U.N
United States
U.S
Ephraim Evron
Washington
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Reagan
Camp David
Security Council
Hosni
Makanda Junction
Carbondale
Walnut
Lewis Lane
C’dale
Oeer
Collinsville
St. Louis Road
Velvet Blazers
Mascoutah
E. Harnett
Mon
Pinckneyville
South First
Mt. Vernon
St. Charles
First Capitol Plaza
Herrin
E. Monroe
Southern
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!