Marines buildup in Beirut
Another 400 to join 800 marines already there
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800 U S. Marines who landed in
Beirut on Wednesday may be
joined by another 400 Marines
with tanks and artillery, possibly
as early as Thursday, according
to Pentagon officials. Pres.
Ronald Reagan said the
Americans may stay in Lebanon
even after Israeli and Syrian
troops leave
The Pentagon officials said
preparations were being made
for additional forces and
equipment to be sent ashore,
but they stressed that the final
decision had to be made by the
Marines’ commander, Col
James M Mead
They said, however, that the
expanded duties of the Marines
made the additional deployment
likely
Reagan notified Congress on
Wednesday that the first con
tingent of Marines had returned
to Beirut His formal notification,
required under the War Powers
Act, said the troops "will not
engage in combat," but may
“exercise the right of self
defense and will be equipped
accordingly."
Reagan told Congress that
the Marines would be in
Lebanon “only for a limited
period of time " But he later told
reporters on a political trip that
he expects the Syrians and
Israelis to leave "sooner than
Lebanon will be ready for us to"
remove the Marines
The State Department, how
ever, appeared to retreat from
Reagan's pledge that the
Marines will remain in Lebanon
until other foreign forces are
withdrawn
"Within the limited period of
time, the multinational force will
be there, the United States
expects the Israelis and Syrians
will follow through on their
intentions and withdraw from
Lebanon," said deputy
spokesman Alan Romberg
"The very presence of the mul
tinational force should
encourage early agreement on
these withdrawals "
However, neither Israel nor
Syria has indicated publicly that
it expects the withdrawal to be
rapid
It was the second time that
Marines were sent to the
Lebanese capital The
leathernecks, members of the
32nd Marine Amphibious Unit
stationed with the U S. Sixth
Fleet in the Mediterranean,
helped oversee the evacuation
of 6.000 Palestine Liberation
Organization guerrillas in late
August and earlier this month
A Pentagon official, who
asked not to be identified, said
Wednesday that the Marines
have a much larger area to
patrol this time, making it likely
that Mead will call for the armor
and artillery reinforcements
During the PLO evacuation, the
U S troops were confined to the
harbor area at the northern
edge of the city
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Burning tank cars
hamper firefighters
LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) -
Crews in protective suits and air
masks discovered toxic ground
and stream contamination a
half-mile away from blazing
derailed chemical tank cars
Wednesday Firefighters,
meanwhile, were forced to
abandon efforts to put the fire
out
More people were evacuated
from this near-deserted town
and a black haze darkened the
sky as far as 10 miles away
As many as 3,300 people have
been forced from their homes
since 43 cars of a 101-car Illin
ois Central Gulf freight train
derailed early Tuesday and
rocked the area as tankloads of
oil and chemicals burst into
balls of flame, state police said
Attempts to douse the cars
were stopped when officials
discovered a tank car filled with
sodium metals in the middle ot
the burning, smoky wreckage
Water and sodium combined
create a violent, fiery explosion
Firefighters plan to let the
blaze burn itself out. which
would take about five days. Gov
Oave Treen said
Crews working in the area
found heavy contamination, but
said underground drinking
water supplies were not conta
minated, said Lt. Ronnie Jones,
state police spokesman
"We re looking at a great deal
of ground contamination,"
Jones said In one area, a dam
was constructed to prevent a
drainage ditch from running in
to a creek
Monitors at the edge of the
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