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NAVY LIMITS ITS GUNFIRE ON BEIRUT TO RETALIATION
By RICHARD HALLORAN (NYT); Foreign Desk
February 27, 1984, Monday
Late City Final Edition, Section A, Page 8, Column 1, 872 words
Spokesmen for the Department of Defense said today that, under the rules of engagement governing United States naval gunfire and air strikes in Lebanon, attacks were limited to firing back after hostile fire had been aimed at Americans. But the spokesmen acknowledged that the source of almost any fire ...
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Other officials have said that shelling in Lebanon from the New Jersey's 16-inch guns, the largest naval artillery in the world, had been ineffective, largely because no spotters had been available on the ground or in the air to direct fire.
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