The World - News from Sept. 19, 1989
Rocket and artillery barrages blasted Beirut after Christian army commander Michel Aoun rejected a proposed committee to monitor a cease-fire in his six-month war against Syrian troops. Lebanese police said the exchanges at times averaged 20 shells a minute and that six people were killed. Hundreds have been killed since March, when the most recent round of fighting began. The renewed dueling began after Maj. Gen. Aoun announced his rejection of a security committee proposed by Arab mediators over the weekend.
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