Bush, Gore win in Delaware McCain finishes second in primary despite not campaigning in state WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Republican George W. Bush won Delaware’s presidential primary Tuesday and earned a badly needed boost into a Southern showdown, even as antagonist John McCain burnished his insurgent candidacy by finishing second in a state where he did not cam paign. “I think this is a piece of good news that will buoy our supporters,” the Texas governor told The Associated Press after securing the state’s 12 dele gates. McCain, who skipped Delaware to focus on the critical Feb. 19 primary in South Carolina, attributed his totals to the momentum generated by his shel lacking of Bush in New Hampshire’s leadoff primary last week. “It’s bound to give us a boost,” the Arizona senator told The AP. “I think there are some good signs for us, but I think we still have a long, long way to go. I’m still the underdog.” With 26 of 28 precincts reporting, the Texas governor had 51 percent of the votes and McCain 25 percent, a solid victory for the national front-run ner. Though far behind Bush, the Arizonan did surprisingly well for a candidate who didn’t visit or spend money in the state. By contrast, conservative Steve Forbes had a disappointing 20 percent after winning the state’s primary in 1996 and campaigning heavily in the state this year. He will be under pres sure to pull out of the race. Former ambassador Alan Keyes had just 4 percent of the vote. Democrats voted Saturday in Delaware, giving Vice President A1 Gore an easy victory over Bill Bradley. Exit polls in Delaware suggested McCain benefited from a wave of post-New Hampshire publicity: Almost half of his supporters decided to vote for him in the week since that primary. And a quarter of his backers were new voters who didn’t vote in the 1996 primary. •• I think this is a piece of good news that will buoy our supporters.” George W. Bush Republican presidential candidate The surveys showed Bush did best among voters who are middle class, elderly, conservative and believe he is likely to win the presidency. McCain voters tended to be affluent, well-edu cated and self-identified independents and moderates who said they were looking for a candidate who stands up for what he believes. Forbes, who has pushed for a flat tax since his failed 1996 run, did well among voters who listed taxes as their top concern. McCain’s victory in New Hampshire erased Bush’s lead in South Carolina and dramatically shrunk his advantage in California, Michigan, New York and national polls, as he sought to draw new and independent voters into the GOP fold. Looking ahead to South Carolina, Bush and McCain intensified their rivalry with bitterly personal ads. The Texas governor’s spot accuses McCain of hypocrisy over campaign finance reform. McCain says in his new ad that Bush “twists the truth like Clinton.” The overheated rhetoric under scored what is at stake in upcoming contests. Despite his financial and organizational advantages, Bush faces a serious threat from the Arizona sena tor. And McCain, with just one victory under his belt, can’t afford losses to his party’s front-runner. Lebanon hit by Israeli airstrikes ■ Peace process breaks down as Israel bombs Lebanese border. KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel (AP) - Tens of thousands of Israelis living near the Lebanon border huddled in underground shelters or fled south out of rocket range Tuesday, fearing reprisals by Lebanese guerrillas for the heaviest Israeli bombardment in eight months. Prime Minister Ehud Barak ordered a military state of emergency along the border, a sigathat Israel was preparing for extended fighting. Hezbollah guerrillas on Tuesday killed an Israeli soldier - the sixth in two weeks - only hours after Israeli airstrikes cut electricity across parts of Lebanon. “In all that is connected with the protection of our people, our settle ments and our soldiers, we will do everything required,” Barak told resi dents of Kiryat Shmona who had spent the night in shelters. In its second night of attacks, Israel’s air force struck a Hezbollah offices in the coastal city of Tyre and the guerrilla stronghold of Iqlim al Tuffah, Lebanese security officials said. At least two people were wound ed. The Israeli army confirmed the two attacks on Iqlim al-Tuffah but identi fied the other target as a Hezbollah radar station. Israeli leaders blamed Syria for the latest flare-up and said peace talks will not resume with Damascus until it ends the wave of Lebanese guerrilla attacks. Syria is the main power-broker in Lebanon, and Israel says it encourages the violence. The airstrikes “signal that... the continuation of Hezbollah action with Syrian encouragement and Lebanese government praise, must be stopped,” said Barak’s foreign minister, David Levy. Syria’s state media warned that the bombing could hurt the peace process. “Bombs and missiles are actually striking the already stalled peace process and destroying all prospects of peace in the region,” the English-lan guage Syria Times said. The airstrikes early Tuesday destroyed three power stations at Jamhour near Beirut, in the northern mountains east of the port city of Tripoli and in the eastern Bekaa Valley town of Baalbek, a Hezbollah guerrilla stronghold where a base for the group also was targeted. The base remained sealed and damage could not be assessed. Fifteen civilians were wounded in Baalbek and were treated at hospitals for various injuries from broken glass, debris and shrapnel. Parts of Lebanon were left without electricity and severe rationing was imposed. The airstrikes were the harshest since a similar strafing by the outgoing hard-line government, just before Barak took office in July. The escalation in attacks on Israeli troops staffing a buffer zone in Lebanon’s south coincided with the collapse in Syrian-Israel peace in mid January. Syria wants a prior commitment from Israel that it will withdraw from the disputed Golan Heights before talks ensue; Israel refuses, and says the resumption of violence is a crude effort to get Israel to cave in. Barak was getting closer to playing his own card against Syria - a unilater al withdrawal from Lebanon that would leave Syria without its single most effective method of pressuring Israel, and would raise uncomfortable ques tions about the presence of 30,000 Syrian troops in Lebanon. “If we will not reach an agreement (with Syria) in the next two months, I believe -1 know - that the Israel gov ernment will meet and decide if we will withdraw unilaterally,” Cabinet minis ter Haim Ramon, a Barak confidant, told The Associated Press. Ramon is in favor of a unilateral pullout, and says most other ministers are as well. While such talk could influence a Syria that is eager to end its internation al isolation, it will have little influence on the Hezbollah. Should the violence torpedo the peace, that would sit well with a mili tant group that negates the very exis tence of the Jewish state. * f r-' ****** m rw !•*% | i** #vl: I Sf^f t“* -1 lllMt Nfec Aby.lM At ■» A 5S tbiw/A A •£>. 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