 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ruled out Saturday any further reprisals against Lebanon for the previous day's rocket attacks on Israeli positions in a disputed border zone after Washington called for calm in the run-up to Lebanese elections. "Israel has no desire to see any escalation and can make do with the riposte it has already launched," Sharon told public radio. He was referring to retaliatory air raids and tank and artillery fire Friday that the army said destroyed four bases of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. |