The World - News from Feb. 14, 1986

Five Americans--a military officer and four civilians--were caught in a rebel attack in El Salvador but escaped injury, the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador said. The attack was filmed by the world television service Visnews, which has footage of what appears to be five Americans wearing camouflage uniforms. Two were carrying M-16 automatic rifles, but the film did not show them firing. The embassy said the officer did not violate the rule barring American advisers from combat. The civilians were described by an embassy spokesman as “action journalists from Soldier of Fortune magazine.”