An Irish soldier serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was shot to death by Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists in south Lebanon yesterday, a spokesman for UNIFIL disclosed today. Another soldier was abducted by the terrorists. Both men had been riding in a jeep on routine patrol near Tibnine, the spokesman said. Israeli sources warned that further terrorist attacks on UNIFIL personnel could be expected as a consequence of the recently improved relations between the UN force and Israel and Maj. Saad Haddad’s Christian militia.
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