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A-7 Saudi consul kidnapped by gunmen in Beirut The GAZETTE, Montreal, Wednesday, January 18, 1984 I -i, i Dodge was held by pro-Iranian extremists in Lebanon's Bckaa Valley and In Iran for a year before being released after Syria intervened. The Lebanese government yesterday denounced Farrash's abduction and Sunnl Moslem leader Saeb Salam told the government to use an "Iron hand" to prevent kidnappings. Police said Nabih Berri, who heads Amal, the main Shiite militia, sent a delegation to the Saudis "denouncing the incident and expressing readiness to help In gaining the freedom of the diplomat." Hizbollah, and the Islamic Amal militia that broke away from Berrl's group, are based in the Syrian-controlled city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon. of Chazziych during a strike across southern Lebanon protesting the Israeli occupation. Israeli troops dismantled the barricade after six hours.

In Rome, about 150 Italian troops from Beirut's four-nation peacekeeping force returned home yesterday. But defence officials denied that Italy's contingent is being reduced. In Stockholm, a senior Italian of- ficial at the European disarmament conference said the four countries in the Beirut force will seek agreement from Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko for United Nations troops to take over some peacekeeping duties. UPI, AP, Reuter month ago. Beirut radio said the abduction was "engineered to deal another blow to the security plan" backed by Saudi Arabia that would separate Lcbanpn's warring factions.

Witnesses said about 10 assailants, brandishing automatic rifles, quickly subdued Farrash's driver, Izzat Assaf, and his bodyguard, Ab-dulla el-Omarl. Farrash was hauled Into a waiting Mercedes, which sped away escorted by two Rcnaults. Assaf was cut by ricocheting bullets the kidnappers fired from the Renaults, the witnesses said. The attack resembled the July 1982 abduction of David Dodge, 62, the acting president of the American University of Beirut Saudi Arabia Is deeply involved In efforts to end the violence In Lebanon, but has made enemies in the Middle East because of its tics to the U.S. Iran has extra animosity toward the Saudis because they support Iraq, Iran's adversary in the 40-month-old Gulf Meanwhile, in Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon: Druze Moslem and Christian militias battled near Israel's defence line at the Awali River.

And at, least two explosions went off after nightfall in the port of Sidon. Israeli forces sealed off the area in a search for the attackers. Earlier in the day, Shiites had used burning tires to barricade the main Israeli route through the town Gazette Newt Services BEIRUT Three carloads of gunmen kidnapped the consul of the Saudi Arabian Embassy yesterday morning, ambushing his chauffeur driven car on the crowded streets of west Beirut. No one claimed responsibility for the abduction of consul Hussein Abdullah Farrash, 45. Christian Phalange radio blamed the kidnapping on the Hizbollah (Party of God), a pro-Iranian group of Shiite Moslems widely suspected of attacks against the multinational peacekeepers in Beirut.

A justice ministry official said a man calling himself a member of Hizbollah had threatened other Saudi diplomats in a telephone call a HUSSEIN FARRASH Grabbed off street 60,000 civil servants stage strike in Israel First 100 days as PM Low-key style helps Shamir TEL AVIV (Reuter) Strikes by Israeli workers paralysed government business yesterday in the country's biggest labor protest since the government launched an austerity program. The strike came as banks started enforcing curbs on foreign-currency holdings aimed at preventing Israelis from moving money abroad. Some 60,000 public employees called a three-hour strike, demanding compensation for wage erosion caused by Israel's 190 per cent inflation rate. Government offices and institutions were closed and the state radio broadcast hourly news bulletins only. For the third day there were no mail deliveries or rail services.

Civil servants in several ministries continued a work-to-rule action that has disrupted the bureaucracy. The curbs on foreign currency were widely portrayed as the final defeat of the so-called economic liberalization carried out by the right wing Likud government. When it A YITZHAK SHAMIR Likes the bottom line miership from a Begin last October, Israel's economy was on the brink of bankruptcy, its troops were mired in Lebanon and its relations with Washington were rocky. Under Shamir, Finance Minister Yigal Cohen-Orgad has won approval for cuts amounting to about 9 per cent of the government's $20 billion budget. He reduced subsidies on basic commodities, which raised prices and helped fuel Israel's soaring inflation.

In the past 100 days, the i 1 I y'-Av A I i February cost of living index rose nearly SO per cent. The effect was to lower Israel's standard of living exactly what Cohen-Orgad said he wanted to do to reduce the nation's appetita for imported goods. Government supporters admit the cost of the war in Lebanon is bleeding the economy and that the sooner Israeli troops come home, the better. Though opponents are reluctant to admit it, Shamir's government has subtly shifted the emphasis of Israeli policy in Lebanon. "Our foremost aim is securing our northern border," said a close Shamir aide.

"All other things, including a Syrian withdrawal (from Lebanon), come after that" Common interests in Lebanon gave new impetus to U.S.-Israeli relations and even Shamir's critics credit his low-key style with making the most of the situation. Better terms for aid, pre-posi-tioning U.S. military equipment on Israeli soil, and the use of Israeli facilities by the U.S. 6th Fleet are part of new co-operation agreements with the United States. 40,000 km24 rminth nzmtmtv I i I MrLAJ 'Pravda' puts Zionists on par with the Nazis MOSCOW (Reuter) The Soviet newspaper Pravda yesterday published one of the sharpest Soviet attacks on Zionism in Israel.

The Communist party daily said Zionism and Nazism grew from the same roots of alleged racial purity and superiority. It branded the present Israeli leadership as fascists whose methods were comparable with those of Adolf Hitler. Pravda said that Zionists helped the Nazis to send Jews to the gas chambers in the Second World War. The Pravda commentary was in reaction to what it called a mounting Israeli campaign against the Soviet Union accusing Moscow of practising anti-semitism. The newspaper cited Israeli Communist and other left-wing groups as declaring that former prime minister Menachem Begin and his successor Yitzhak Shamir had links with Nazi authorities.

Pravda said the present Israeli leadership had adopted Nazi methods in ordering massacres of Palestinians and calling Jews all over the world part of the Israeli nation. The newspaper stressed that Moscow "supports the existence of the state of Israel." warranty. L. MOST CARS i mm and bars. most CARS From Size sJ 24C24F mm lTi nnB took office in 1977 after 29 years of Labor party rule, Likud lifted restrictions on foreign-currency dealings.

The reversal began last year when the government stopped most dollar purchases to prevent panic selling of the shekel. Israelis now are prevented from holding bank accounts abroad or trading in foreign stocks or gold. They were instructed yesterday to liquidate foreign accounts by April 1985 and deal only in securities on the volatile Tel Aviv Stock Exchange or in the few Israeli shares traded abroad. Finance Minister Yigal Cohen-Orgad said the measures were to encourage local investment and cut the balance-of-payment deficit, a record $5.3 billion last year. For weeks, Cohen-Orgad has been trying to win final cabinet approval for comprehensive budget cuts, but some ministers are resisting any reduction in education and welfare spending.

Tuesday, February 7 Tuesday, January 31 Wednesday, February 1 Friday, February 3 JERUSALEM (UPI) Yitzhak Shamir, who today completes his first 100 days as prime minister, has tackled such tough problems as a sick economy, the army's entanglement in Lebanon and icy relations with Washington. But to many Israeli politicians his greatest success is in simply surviving. "I asked him a hundred days ago how he hoped to succeed when such a strong leader like Mena-chem Begin failed," said Shlomo Lorincz, chairman of the parliamentary finance committee. "He said precisely because he was low-key he could persuade the cabinet to adopt tough measures or the government will fall." Shamir has brought bis own style to the premiership. "Menachem Begin liked to theorize, to explain, to rely on history to justify policies," said an aide who has worked with both men.

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