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Show A8& The Salt Lake Tribune WORLD - Saturday, May 27, 2000 Hezbollah Chief Warns Israel: Stay Away ; Sierra Leone Rebels Release: 7 e ‘ Ps Guerrilla leader also os calls on Palestinians to =4 , ° e., corpses Sik found a cernedutilated itedcorsek TheLiberiangovernmentsaid ene aman ook BY HUSSEIN DAKROUS oxantGe UnitedNetionssell "thebodies are beloved tobe THE ASSOCIATED PRESS that several mutilated corpses four Zambians and one or two Ni- The captives were handed over to authorities in Foyah, a border town in neighboring Liberia, the statement released in Monrovia said. Liberia saidthelatestrelease * left fe than 100 of the original none still uflaccounted for. fil,Freetown, Sierra Leone’:: decomposed when found Monday. found this week were probably peacekeepers. Lebanon — Hezbollah’s triumphant leader warned Israel on Friday to leave Lebanonalone orexpect reprisals, and urged Palestinians celebrating Israel’s chaotic departure from south Lebanon to rise up anew againstthe Jewishstate. Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, whose Iranian-backed guerrillas have been riding a wave of enthusiasm since Israel’s departure this week, madeclear it’s too early to retire re of Monrovia. where ‘hey were to spend the night, UN. spdkesman “Fred Eckhard, said inNew York: the Katyusha rockets it periodically launched into Israel as part of its struggle to force Israel off Leba- Biberian government‘said nesesoil. “If Israel commits any aggression against Lebanon,it will pay a high price,” Nasrallah told 30,000 cheering supporters crowding a stadium and spilling into the streets of this former Israeli stronghold. “The time when wewereafraid ofthreats by Israel, the time when its planes and tanks and gunboats violated ourskies, land and sea — that time is gone,” he said. ° ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rise up againstIsrael BINT JBEIL, , 180 U.N. Hostages in Liberia Rn 2 But Nasrallah saidhis guerrilla group, whichled the Lebanese resistance after Israel invaded in 1982, was not a substitute for the state in southern Lebanon. “The state is the one responsi- ble. We are absolutely not responsible fgr the security in this area,” he said; standing in front of Lebanon’s flag and.a banner that carriedthe humber’1,276— thetotal of Hezbollah guerrillas killed in the fighting. Draped from the podium was. Hegbollah’s’ logo, an arm clutching an aT assault rifle Eyal Warsavsky/The Associated A Lebanesechild aimsa plastic gun through a gate marking the border betweenIsrael and Lebarici nearthe northern townof Metulla onFriday.Israel has declared its withdrawal from Lebanon complet and the words, “Hezbollah will conquer.” “Oh God, oh God,preserve Nasrallah for us!” the crowd shouted, wavingclenched fists in the air. The jubilation:since Israel's final departure Wednesday has spread beyond Lebanon,with Arab worldofficials and media praising Hezbollah. Supporters of the ‘Islamicmilitant group Hamas in the West Bank town’ of Nablus celebrated during a march Friday to support Palestinian prisoners. oh hungerstrikes. They raised the slogan: “Hezbollah is the victor.” Others chanted: “Hezbollah. is. brave, moving forward.” Nasrallah urged Palestinians 4 various forces who had fighters in the area near Rogberi Junction; about 50 miles east of Freetown; where there was a May battle between U.N. peacekeepers and rebels from the RUF. Four Zambian and two Nigerian. soldiers were reported missing af ter the battle, Eckhard said. Some of the bodies found were dressed Zambian military uniforms bearing the U.N. insignia. However,in the past rebels have stripped U.N. captives of their weapons and uniforms and used them in battle, so there could be rebel bodies among them, Eckhard said. Philippine Police Work to Identify Hijacker its self-imposed July 7 deadline — as _Israeli-allied militiamen dropped their weapons andfled in the face of. advancing oa and their supporters. Earlie! , Prime Mini Salim. ; mili among thé more than 6,000 nese whofled to Israel during withdrawal to return home aid surrender. Militiamen are consiered traitors subject to pi termsor, in extreme cases, di sentences. About1,500 militiamen ando' ers affiliated with the pro-Israeli South Lebanon Army militia have turned themselves in to ae authorities. Thus far, 400 have been ordered tostandtrial. at follow Hezbollah’s example to regain their land, saying if Palestinians wait for the international community, “you ‘will get nowhere.”” SHE “In order to liberate Your land you don’t fieed tanks arid planes. With the example of you can impose your de on the Zionist aggressors,”he said. Nasrallah also had a message for -Arab, leaders: “We demand from the. governments at a minimum to stop the normalization of relations and sever relations with Israel.” Israel completed its troop pullout from Lebanon before dawn Wednesday — six weeks:ahead of gerians, U.N. spokesman Davi Wimhurst said. They were badly’ ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA,Philippines — Police worked Friday to determine the identity of a man whorobbed people aboard a Philippine Airlines plane and then jumped 6,000 feet to his death with a homemadelavender parachute. Soldiers and police recovered the man’s body — found Thursday with only his hands and knees protruding from the mud — in the village of Lilavac about 40 miles east of Manila, regional police suet Charlemagne Alejandrino oatith the body were both a residence certificate identifying him as Augusto Lakandula and a. driver license identifying him as Reginald Chua. No one hasclaimed the body, which wassent to Manila for an autopsy. The hijacker was “deranged” and crying, saying thathis family had left him,the pilot said. At one point he fired his gun, perhaps, accidentally. ; His parachute was found about half a mile from the body. = NATURAL GAS | Ty esheds Fujimori Runs TowardVictory —and Controversy Headquarters THE ASSOCIATED PRESS j LIMA, Peru — President Alberto Fujimori heads into Sunday’s presidential runoff alone, running toward certain victory — and a possible future of interna- Residential, Mobile Homes, ea us tional isolation and domestic turmoil. Criticism rained down Friday after Fitjimori’s decision to go Features Quad Power™engine, upright fuel tank, anda lightweight/balanced 95 ahead with the runoff despite the boycott of opposition candidate Alejandro Toledo, violent street protests and the withdrawal offoreign monitors. President Clinton aA Peru ‘14 995 MSRP \ a NTT SLU Sweepstakes! fair. “Free, fair and open elections are the foundationof a democratic society,” Clinton said. “Without them, our relationship with Peru inevitably will be affected.” Analysts said that by running uncontested, Fujimori risked hav- ing the legitimacy of his rule questioned. “Whathe hasdoneis suicide,” said political scientist Fernando Rospigliosi. “It will be a governmentconsidered illegitimate by a large portion of the population and will be questioned constantly.” Monitors from the Crganization of American States insisted the elections be postponed atleast 10 days to give their experts time to evaluate ballot-counting computer software. 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