Lebanon threat
BEIRUT - Pro-Iranian Muslim militants vowed yesterday to make northern Israel uninhabitable if Israeli forces attacked south Lebanon to avenge bombings of Jewish targets in Buenos Aires and London. The pledge came after UN sources reported that about 5 per cent of south Lebanon's 300,000 residents had fled their homes after Israel threatened a 'painful response' to guerrilla attacks. Reuter
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