February 17, 1968 (vol. 78, iss. 119) • Page Image 3
… workers were among the others. The enemy forces in Hue, be- lieved to total 800 men, seemed to have plenty of ammunition. The Communist soVliers, who were helped by some dissident Hue University students…
… "premeditated large scale aggression" in the eight-hour battle Thursday along the Jordan River cease fire line. But he said in an Amman radio broadcast he will try to prevent Arab guerrillas from striking at…
…. It was the heaviest fighting be-! tween Jordan and Israel since the June 5-19 Middle East war. Israel's top generals threatened severe retaliation if Arab attacks continue along the west bank of the…
… question. Arab Sabotage Each side accused the other of starting the fighting. Israel in the past two weeks has reported a series .of Arab sabotage raids in west bank territory that Israel oc- cupied from…
… Jordan in the June war. While he did not mention the Arab Al Fatah terrorist organiza- tion, Hussein said he would hence- forth "not allow anything which does not conform with the higher Arab interest or…
… which does not support Arab rights in Palestine to occur in this land." Guerrillas Criticize In indicating he would try to control the guerrillas, Hussein added that "nobody can outbid us in nationalism…
…." The remark apparently was intended to coun- ter charges by some Arabs that any action to hamper guerrilla raids indicates a lack of patriotism. Hussein said Jordan would con- tinue its efforts to…
… occupied by Arab, civilians and the Jordanian troops could not fire on the gun em-. placements. Jordan said its casualties in- cluded 16 civilians dead and 581 wounded, including women and1 children.I Israel…
