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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, October 19, 1977

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday october 19, 1977 raid frees All 86hostages on jetliner continued from Page 1 was no panic. The passengers were evacuated As fast As possible by sliding Down inflated slides from the emergency exits a Lufthansa spokesman said. A somali government spokesman said two of the hijackers were killed inside the plane and the third Man was wounded an died in a Hospital. Somali officials said nine passengers and one commando were slightly injured in the 10-minute raid and the terrorist who survived a woman was badly wounded. Lufthansa the West German airline said one other passenger was hospitalized in state of  a Lufthansa spokesman said six of the 86 hostages were remaining in Mogadishu apparently because they were unable to travel immediately. The spokesman said it was unknown exactly Why they stayed behind. Three army plans to strengthen Europe gis continued from Page 1 number of artillery units and to create new unit sets of pre positioned equipment cannot All come solely from the production line Rogers said. We have no alternative but to withdraw some equipment from both Active and re serve component units which include the National guard and divert some existing production output previously allocated to Continental United states units. Similarly in order to increase the personnel fill of our Forward deployed units in Europe our Continental . Units will Likely feel a decline in their strengths headed. Rogers said that after increasing the readiness of forces in Europe or ear marked to be deployed to Europe within 30 Days of any War the Pentagon s Priori ties will shift successively to those units required in subsequent  this indicates that the army Hopes eventually to restore equipment and Man Power resources taken away from . Based units but this could take several years officials said. The army now has stocks stored in depots in Europe intended for three full a Mored and mechanized infantry divisions plus 10 separate battalions whose troops would be flown from the . In air Force transports and civilian passenger plane during a crisis. These pre positioned stocks were seve rely depleted to replace israeli combat losses in the 1973 Middle East War but those stocks Are Well on the Way to being reconstituted Rogers said. However he said we will be increasing the level of pre positioned stocks so that More units can be flown Over from the Continental United states on Short  2 new car shows set for october by the stars and Stripe the new 1978 Auto models Are arriving for two cafes Europe car shows scheduled this month. The first will be held indoors at the Hei Delberg officers club Patrick Henry Village from 10 . To 10p.m. Friday saturday and sunday and from 10 . To 8 .  second show will be at Rhein main air base oct. 28-31 from 10a.m. To 6 . Each Day. Signs will be erected inside the Gate to direct customers to the car show. German terrorists on the list Andreas Baader and his mistress Gudrun Ensslin and Jan Carl raspe committed suicide during the night in their cells and another on the list Irmgard Moeller was reported in critical condition after slashing her wrists. Officials said Baader and raspe shot themselves and Ensslin hanged herself. Most of the hostages were germans but two americans were reported among them. They were Christine m. Santiago 44, of Santee calif., and her 5-year-old son Leo. Mrs. Santiago has a heart condition. The surviving Hijacker the Lone woman in the arabic speaking gang remained in a Mogadishu Hospital officials said. The identities and nationalities of the terrorists remained in doubt. But somali information minister Abdu Waldir salad indicated that the three bodies were being sent to Germany. The hijackers had demanded the release of 11 imprisoned West German terrorists and two palestinians in turkish jails along with $15 million Ransom. The Only hostage killed during the ordeal which began last thursday was the chief Pilot of the Lufthansa Boeing 737 Jet 37-year-old Jurgen Schumann whose body was put off the plane shortly after it landed in Mogadishu sunday. Officials said he was shot sunday while the plane sat at the Airport in Aden South Yemen fifth of its six stops during its Zigzag journey Over Southern Europe and the Middle East to East Africa. The raid reminiscent of Israel s successful Rescue at the Entebbe Uganda Airport last year was the first combat Ope ration for the Border guard group 9 com Mando strike Force set up after the 1972 Munich olympic massacre. Officials said the Antiterrorist specialists had rehearsed the attack Well practising on an identical plane before being sent to Mogadishu. The attack was made an hour before on of a series of deadlines set by the terrorists. The husband of one of the hostage said West German officials told him the hijackers had threatened to kill one hostage every five minutes after the deadline. The 11 West German terrorists whose Freedom the hijackers demanded were the same demanded by the West German terrorists who kidnapped industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer on sept. 5 in Cologne. The kidnappers had threatened to kill Schleyer last sunday unless Bonn gave in to the air pirates. The hijackers armed with pistols anaplastic explosives seized control of the Mallorca to Frankfurt flight Over the French Riviera and forced it to Rome Cyprus Bahrain Dubai Aden and finally Mogadishu. Suicides follow raid ending Hijack 3 imprisoned terrorists kill selves continued from Page 1 state of Baden Wurttemberge said raspe and Baader shot themselves in the had with pistols and Ensslin hanged herself from her window bars. Bender told a nationally televised news conference that authorities did not know How the prisoners who have been under heavy guard for the last several weeks were Able to obtain pistols. Bender said three foreign medical experts a Swiss an austrian and a belgian had been invited to take part in the autopsy and amnesty International also was invited to Send a representative. Government officials appeared concerned that the deaths of the country s most famous terrorists might inspire Radi Cal allies to further acts of violence. In a joint statement the Bonn govern ment and chairmen of the major political parties said it was Clear that members of a terrorist organization have pledged to further sharpening of their fanatical and murderous struggle against our country and its  Bender said he was not sure whether the prisoners were aware that the hijacking had failed. Under an emergency Law enacted last month the four were in solitary confinement and denied Access to news re ports or visits from lawyers friends or relatives. According to Bender guards found raspe mortally wounded on the floor of his cell when they brought him breakfast at 7 40 . Beside the body Lay a pistol Bender said. Raspe died in the Hospital two hours later. Guards found Baader dead in his cell about 8 . With a pistol by his Side. The women were found moments later Bender said. Despite the tight Security Bender said Baader had obtained a Small camera which guards found in his cell. The three dead terrorists were the Core of the red army faction an Ultra leftist group better known As As the Baader mein Ofgang. Co Leader Ulrike Meinhoff was found hanged in her cell in May 1976 while she and the three were standing trial. Freed Hijack hostage recalls five Day ordeal continued from Page 1 held a Small Long haired Black dog which she carried off the plane with her. She appeared to be tired and drained after the ordeal but she talked readily about what happened and smiled often while answer ing questions. She said the passengers Learned of the Hijack shortly after meal was served upon leaving Mallorca for Frankfurt. She said the terrorists two men and two women quickly took Over the plane and Only talked in English which she does t speak or understand. They were polite and passed out cigarettes to those who wanted them but they would not let us have or keep matches or cigarette lighters she said. When we smoked we had to ask them for a  she said they were fed adequately but using the toilet was sometimes a problem. If you had to use it you had to get the permission of the hijackers. Then it was up to them if they let you go. Then did t always let everyone go the first time they asked she  said she did t remember the exact moment when the Captain of the jetliner was shot because her mind was wandering from a combination of fear and  i heard that the Captain had been shot i came Back to reality with a Start she said. She added that although the Pilot was thrown onto the runway at Mogadishu Somalia he was actually killed while the plane was still sitting on the ground Ina Den. Of the ordeal she said it was such a Long thing that you lost your sense of of time your feeling for time. It is hard for me now to remember the exact sequence of events As they of  mostly it was quiet aboard she said. And it was particular so leading up to the time of the assault at 2 . Somalia time by German commandos. It was t so noisy As i remember it she said. Actually it seemed very quiet then All of a sudden a window came into the plane the doors opened and a Man landed on top of me. That was when the shooting  the events that took place in the next few minutes Are fuzzy in her mind but she said she and All of the passenger were Jubi Lant As they were loaded onto buses and taken away from the plane. The mood was Beautiful she said. We did t even know that it was a German commando unit that rescued us at the time she said. We Learned of  was hard put to explain her unfailing Faith that she would be  just Don t know Why i thought we would be rescued ultimately but i did she said. But i never lost Hope. I just Felt that some Way we would get out of  Europe Cloudy turning to fog in late afternoon and Early evening wednesday. Frankfurt Heidelberg nigh a Low 39. Sunset wednesday 5 28 . Sunrise thursday 6 55a.m. Temperatures recorded tuesday get 4am 4pm 4am 4pm 52 48 45 37 45 43 61 63 46 64 43 Adana Athens p Aviano p Berlin cd Brussels p Copenhagen cd 43 48 66 43 48 54 46 63 63 50 66 68 Frankfurt cd London m Madrid Clunich p Paris p Rome p cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy. Del 25,31st weather set of nov of air game live on sunday Frankfurt of nov officials have announced another live football game will be televised via satellite this weekend. The nil game Between the new eng land patriots and Baltimore Colts will be televised at 9 . Sunday on of nov Ger Many and Berlin but will not be telecast live in Bremerhaven the spokesman said. The game will be played at Fox pro mass. The Colts Are one of Only three unbeaten teams in the nil and boast a 5-0 record. New England is 3-2 after suffering stun Ning losses to Cleveland and the new York jets in two of its first three games. Both teams Are in the american conference s East division and both were expected to be the primary competitors for the division title. The spokesman said that regular sunday programming will be adjusted to accommodate the live telecast. The Abc sunday mystery movie will be shown after the game. Sports in Brief new York up new York Yankee manager Billy Martin s head was finally taken off the chopping Block just a few hours before the sixth world series game tuesday when club president Gate Paul announced that Martin would remain As skipper the remaining two years of his three year contract with a substantial  earlier Story Page 21.  
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