71. Responding to rocket attacks Thursday against its border communities, injuring five, Israeli warplanes blasted a power station near Beirut, blacking out the Lebanese capital. 72. Russian warplanes blasted a last major rebel stronghold in western Chechnya on Tuesday amid reports most separatist fighters were moving from the devastated region to eastern Chechnya. 73. Russian warplanes blasted Chechen positions near Shali on Wednesday. 74. Since NATO warplanes blasted three Serb positions last month, the rebel Serbs have blocked U.N. convoys and taken some peacekeepers hostage. 75. The clash Wednesday came amid a serious escalation of fighting in south Lebanon in which guerrillas fired rockets at northern Israel and Israeli warplanes blasted guerrilla strongholds in retaliation. 76. Israeli warplanes blasted a network of caves used by a radical Palestinian group near the Syrian border in eastern Lebanon on Wednesday, wounding five guerrillas. 77. Israeli warplanes blasted a suspected Hezbollah stronghold in south Lebanon late Thursday for the second consecutive night, police reported Friday. 78. Israeli warplanes blasted suspected Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon on Thursday for the second consecutive day, police said. 79. Israeli warplanes on Monday blasted a Hezbollah base in the Syrian-controlled Bekaa Valley, security sources reported. 80. Israeli warplanes on Tuesday blasted the home of a Hezbollah chief in south Lebanon, killing him, security sources reported. |