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Nation & World News Hamas vows to avenge slaying A successor to the fallen leader was appointed but remains unnamed By Joel Greenberg Chicago Tribune (KRT) JERUSALEM—Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into the streets of Gaza City on Sunday for the funeral of Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the slain leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, as the militant group chose a successor without reveal ing his identity. Rantisi, who was killed in an Israeli helicopter missile strike near his home Saturday, was the second Hamas leader to be assassinated in less than a month after Sheik Ahmed Yassin, a founder of the group, was killed in a similar strike March 22. Israel has vowed to hunt down the entire Hamas leadership, and fears of another assassination prompted the . group not to disclose whom it had cho sen to replace Rantisi. "All 1 can say is that all positions in the leadership of! lamas are occupied," said Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas leader. "Last night there was a meeting of the council, we selected, and the position is filled." Al-Zahar did not comment on me dia reports that he was chosen. At the funeral, Rantisi's body, wrapped in a green flag of Hamas, was borne on a stretcher from Gaza's main mosque with the remains of two body guards killed with him when his car was struck by two missiles Saturday night. "Yesterday they said that they killed Rantisi to weaken Hamas," Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader, told a crowd of thousands at the mosque. "Ihey are dreaming. Every time a martyr falls, Hamas grows stronger." Mourners reached out to touch Rantisi's lacerated face, and others showered his body with flower petals as it was carried down Gaza's main boule vard to Martyrs Cemetery. "Rantisi, lion of Hamas," the crowds chanted. "We are all Rantisi. With our souls and blood we will sacrifice for you, Rantisi." Mourners waved Hamas flags, the black banners of Islamic Jihad and die yellow colors of-the main stream Fatah group as they marched for hours through the streets. Armed men unleashed bursts of gunfire into the air. In the West Bank, demonstrators clashed with Israeli soldiers and held protest marches in several towns and villages. A 14-year-old was shot in the head and critically wounded in a stone throwing clash at the village of Deir Abu Mashal, near Ramallah, and in Bethlehem a teenager throwing bottles at soldiers was shot in the stomach, Palestinians said. In Nablus, demonstrators burned ef figies of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Bush, calling for revenge Inside Israel, the security forces re mained on high alert for retaliation, with a beefed-up police presence in ma jor cities. Israelis have been bracing for a major attack since Yassin was killed, and in recent weeks several attempted bombings have been thwarted. At the weekly meeting of his Cabinet, Sharon congratulated the security forces for killing Rantisi and said he would pursue parallel tracks of diplo macy and more strikes on Palestinian militants. "This policy of making an effort to advance a political process on the one hand, and on the other hand to hit the terrorist organizations and their leaders will continue," he said. (cj 2004, Chicago Tribune. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services. Chicago Tribune correspondent Muhammad al-Waheidi contributed to this report from Gaza. Troop casualty rate rivals Vietnam War Casualties in Iraq spiked in the first part of April, with 98 dead this month By Drew Brown Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) WASHINGTON — With fighting in Iraq now at its worst, the num ber of U.S. troops killed by enemy fire has reached the highest level since the Vietnam War. The first part of April has been the bloodiest period so far for U.S. troops in Iraq. There have been 98 deaths by hostile fire so far this month, more than in the opening two weeks of the invasion, when 82 Americans were killed in action. The last time U.S. troops experi enced a two-week loss such as this one in Iraq was October 1971, two years before U.S. ground involve ment ended in Vietnam. There are 135,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. Nearly 700 American troops have died since the beginning of the war. As of Sunday, 503 had been reported killed in action. At least 3,630 more have been wounded. The Vietnam War started with a slower death rate. The United States had been involved in Viet nam for six years before total fatal ities surpassed 500 in 1965, the year President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a massive buildup of forces. There were 20,000 troops in Vietnam by the end of 1964. There were more than 200,000 a year later. By the end of 1966, U.S. combat deaths in Vietnam had reached 3,910. 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