In Newbury's opener he runs Tenby's brother Bright Water 2

In Newbury's opener he runs Tenby's brother Bright Water (2.00) who some think will wrestle with Dushyantor as the yard's first string for Epsom, and in a division of the mile maiden, Phantom Quest (5.30) is his runner. "I have done a lot of groundwork this year, massive amounts of trotting, but a lot of the horses are still backward so I'd like to think it's not going to be a five minute wonder."I've got a complex about this sort of thing but if you're champion trainer at least they can't say you're useless."The Newmarket trainer's fortunes are unlikely to nosedive this afternoon. Every time I ride her I like her even more."Cecil is enjoying a most a rewarding start to the campaign, his first since Sheikh Mohammed withdrew his horses from Warren Place, and the fact that the Fred Darling sponsors were Dubai Duty Free did not seem to diminish his enjoyment."Another year is always a challenge," he said, hinting at the same time that he was particularly keen to stamp himself on 1996 AD (after Dubai). The county championship is a sort of release for me, my escape from the pressures of club rugby, I go out and have a bit of fun. The governments of Syria and Lebanon know full well that the Israeli objective is to reach peace agreements with their countries, thus achieving a comprehensive peace between Israel, all its neighbours and with the Palestinians.

They also know that Israel has no territorial claims on Lebanon and that the problem of the security zone in south Lebanon will be solved by the peace agreement. For a long time now, the inhabitants of northern Israel and Israeli military positions have been exposed to unpredictable and indiscriminate barrages of Hizbollah Katyusha rockets that have killed and injured people and destroyed property. During 1995, Hizbollah launched 344 attacks against Israeli troops. These attacks continued into 1996, and on 9 April, Katyusha salvos fired at Galilee wounded 36 civilians. Hizbollah used the villages and towns in south Lebanon as a staging ground for firing these rockets.

When Israel returned fire to the source, they claimed that we were hitting civilian targets. This method of shielding their terrorist launching pads behind the civilian population and taking cover behind innocent women and children became a consistent policy. On 18 April 1996, Hizbollah leader Muhammad Read reaffirmed that "the civilian population constitutes our defensive belt".Moreover, the objectives of Hizbollah are not limited to the situation in south Lebanon Their aims are much wider. This is best illustrated in a quote by their leader, Hizbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, in December 1994:"I say to .. all the enemies' leaders, that Islam ... the Islam of strugglers and martyrs is coming to you Jews, in south Lebanon, in Palestine, and all over the world.

It will vanquish you."Two developments caused Hizbollah to intensify their activities against Israel. The first is the obvious success of the peace process with the Palestinians and Jordan. Militancy and religious extremism are losing ground with every step of progress. Iran, true to its anti-peace policy, decided to magnify its efforts in order to undermine the peace process.