61.   Several commentators Thursday described the attack as a severe blow for President Soglo, who faces growing opposition in Benin.

62.   Sheikh Nabil Qawooq, a senior official with the Shiite Moslem fundamentalist Hezbollah in south Lebanon, described the attack as an escalation of the conflict in south Lebanon.

63.   Sheikh Nabil Qawooq, a senior official with the Shiite Moslem fundamentalist group in south Lebanon, described the attack as flagrant escalation of the conflict in south Lebanon.