European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday october 19, 1977 Carter other world leaders Hail raid from press dispatches government leaders around the world congratulated West Germany for the successful commando raid on a hijacked Lufthansa jetliner that was being held in Somalia. In Washington president Carter received a Telephone message on behalf of German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt monday night informing the president of the operation s Success a White House spokesman  president feels that the West Ger mans have struck a blow for All of us whore vulnerable to this kind of terrorism the spokesman said. The president asked that the Chancellor be congratulated on the courage of his  also commended the participants in the raid and thanked the somalian government for its  of toughness the israeli government the world Foremost advocate of Tough treatment for terrorists also congratulated the German government on the Mogadishu commando  was indeed a salvation in which All free men rejoice prime minister Mena hem begin said in a message to Schmidt. Begin also offered Israel s condolences to the family of the Lufthansa Pilot killed sunday by the  to foreign minister Moshe Dayan said he praised the perfect execution of the operation. A foreign ministry spokesman said Israel Hopes the German raid and such israeli actions against terrorists As the com Mando raid at Entebbe Uganda last year will serve to deter terrorists from such  prime minister James Callag Han met with Schmidt in Bonn tuesday for consultations entering on economic subjects and was one of the first to hear unofficial reports on the freeing of the Hijack victims. Kept close Contact Callaghan who remained in close con tact with Schmidt during the hijacking had already congratulated him by Cable. He was the first government chief to also congratulate the Chancellor in person. Meanwhile in Bonn Schmidt invited the somali ambassador to a Victory Cabinet meeting tuesday to express West Ger Many s gratitude for Somalia s support in the  action was a yardstick in the fight against International terrorism Schmidt told ambassador Yusuf Adan Bokan. Bokan replied a government statement said i am proud that a Small nation was Able to save the lives of innocent people and thus contribute to better International  japanese prime minister Takeo Fukuda tuesday defended Japan s action in meet ing terrorists demands in the hijacking Ofa Japan air lines jetliner Over India last month difference claimed Fukuda told newsmen the Tough tactics of the German government could not have been taken by  conditions Are quite different in Japan and West Germany Fukuda  the Jal hijacking had occurred in Japan the Story might have been differ ent. But such Tough action could not have been taken by Japan in a foreign  a National police Agency source said Japan s penal code theoretically Autho Rizes japanese police to Send a command squad outside Japan but approval of the foreign country must first be  prime minister Jamshid Amouzegar congratulated Schmidt and iranian foreign minister Abbas Ali Khala Bah also cabled congratulations on the com Mandos feat to foreign Minster Hans Dietrich Genscher. Amouzegar was himself a hostage of terrorists in december 1975, when a gang at tacked the Vienna Headquarters of the organization of Petroleum exporting countries open before a conference there. Premier Adolfo Suarez of Spain Cable Schmidt to express my sincere appreciation of the tact Calm and firmness wit which this delicate Case has been dealt with and which has permitted the freeing of the hostages among them a number of  prime minister Mario scares called for an International Effort to combat  is extremely urgent that the International Community mobilizes against terrorism which is without doubt one of the scourges of our time one that if no combated efficiently puts the stability of democratic societies at risk scares , dutch newspapers applauded Germany for its handling of the situation. Admiration must go to the men who undertook the action the commando but also to Helmut Schmidt and his colleagues who refused to give in to the terrorists de mands said the leftist de vol Skrant. The Rotterdam paper Het Algereen Dag Blad stated we have proof again that terror cannot be tolerated and must be attacked at its roots. The West German government can Only be praised for the stand it  president Valery Giscard d is Taing praised Schmidt and All the person involved in the raid calling it a Victory for  shares with me the Joy of the families whose agony has just ended gis card said. Your Victory is not Only a Vic tory Over terrorism and its inhuman methods. It is for All free men a Victory for  at the United nations Secretary Gener Al Kurt Waldheim said this terrible ordeal underlines once More the necessity for governments to agree on effective Mea sures against criminal terrorism the taking of innocent hostages and the Hijack ing of civil  in Rome italian Premier Giulio Andreotti called for a common Effort aimed at preventing such terrorist crimes. Andreotti cabled Schmidt that Italy has received with profound Relief the conclusion of the tremendous adventure of the Jet hos tages especially after the murder of the plane s Captain Premier Thorbjorn Fauldin of Sweden in a Telegram to Schmidt said he was relieved that the hostages were free without further loss of innocent  from Jet takeover to Freedom raid events in hijacking Day by Day by the associated pres the Lufthansa Airliner hijacking that West German commandos ended Earl tuesday with a lightning raid at Somalia s Mogadishu Airport began nearly five Day before on the Mediterranean resort Island of Mallorca off the Spanish  is a chronology of what happened All times local thursday oct. 13 Lufthansa flight lh181, a Boeing 737 Jet took off from Palma de Mallorca for Frankfurt at 12 55 . With 86 passengers and five Crew members. Most of the Pas sengers were German vacationers. As the plane flew Over the French Riviera the Frankfurt Airport announced that the Jet apparently had been  landed at Rome s Leonardo a Vinci Airport and refuelled while police and air port officials negotiated with one of the hijackers. Speaking in broken English he told the control Tower this is Captai Walter Mohammed. The air plane is under control. The group i represent demand the release of All comrades detained in West German prisons. We Are fighting against imperialistic organization of the  later he called himself  after the refuelling was completed the terrorist broke off negotiations and the plane took off for Cyprus. It landed thurs Day night at Warnaca in the greek cypriot sector and officials Learned there were four hijackers aboard. It later was deter mined they were three men and a woman. They demanded More  Beirut an Arab group called report ers and said the hijackers were linked wit the kidnappers of West German Industrial is Hanns Martin Schleyer who had been abducted by a West German terrorist organization in Cologne six weeks , oct. 14 the plane took off from Cyprus an headed East. The governments of Lebanon Syria and Iraq said it could not land at their  plane landed at Bahrain on the per Sian Gulf. After a Day of fruitless negotiations it took off again. After a Short flight Down the East coast of the arabian Peninsula the plane landed Friday night at Dubai in the United Arab emirates. The terrorists set a deadline of 4p.m. Sunday for their demands to be met threatening to blow up the plane. At the same time in Europe the Schleyer Kidnap ers issued a new communique setting sunday morning deadline for the German government to meet their demands. Other Wise Schleyer would be killed they said. The Schleyer kidnappers said the Hijack ing was linked with their operation. One of the hijackers identified Himsel fas a member of the Radical popular front for the liberation of Palestine pulp the hijackers demanded that the freed terrorists be flown to South Yemen Soma copy . Security Pilot urges countries Deerfield . Up a member of an airline pilots Security committee said monday that if other countries in the world adopted american preflight Secu Rity measures hijacking of airliners would decrease  Mclntyre one of four members of the National flight safety committee said screening of passengers at foreign airports is sporadic at Best. One Day Youcan t get a Jelly bean through. Other times it s wide  the four member committee is an organization which represents american air line pilots in the subject of Airport Security. Mclntyre said the association deplores the killing of an airline Pilot aboard a hijacked West German Airliner which was forced to land in Somalia. His sole duty was the safety of the passengers the innocent people aboard Mclntyre said. He stressed that if other countries required All passengers to be examine before boarding a plane and increased Security around aircraft before Takeoff hijackings would markedly decrease. It won t eliminate it until sanctuaries Are  he said hijackers know that some countries will allow them to land their hijacked aircraft. In some places he is treated like a hero once he gets there Mclntyre said. In the ., Mclntyre said hijackers know they will not find a Safe Haven for several thousand Miles. But he warned that the threat of a hijacking in the . Is still imminent. In the . The threat is still there. In the first half of 1977, More than 3,000 Wea Pons were confiscated Mclntyre said. Mclntyre said an american airline recently trained greek Airport officials Nathens on How to implement tighter Airport Security. Lia or Vietnam. But Bonn said All three governments refused to accept the  Bonn government disclosed that a special Antiterrorist squad had been Dis patched by plane to Cyprus to follow the hijacked plane. Saturday oct. 15 the aircraft sat in the 90-degree desert heat of Dubai for a second Day. Air conditioning provided Only partial  German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt met for Long hours with his crisis team. The turkish government said i would follow the German Lead. A plan Load of German commandos was reported in Ankara  hijackers rejected demands to free any hostages and threatened to kill the plane s Pilot unless fuel was supplied. Officials quickly provided a Small Quantity of fuel. Some hostages were reported , oct. 16 at noon Dubai time the deadline set bythe Schleyer kidnappers passed without incident. But the hijackers demanded an received from Dubai authorities a full Load of fuel by threatening to kill the passengers one by one until it was delivered. Germany s highest court rejected a bid by Schleyer s family to Force the govern ment to give in to the terrorists demands. The Airliner took off from the Airport a Dubai 40 minutes before the second death deadline the 4 . Time set by the Hijack ers and flew to South Yemen after the sul Tanate of Oman refused Landing  South Yemen government blocked the Aden Airport but the Pilot made a rough Landing on an adjacent dirt strip. Monday oct. 17 ten hours after it landed the refuelled Jet took off from Aden and flew to Mogadishu capital of Somalia. It was to be the sixth and final Stop of the 6,000-mile Odys  body of the 37-year-old Pilot Jirgen Schumann was dumped on the runway. The Only hostage to die in the ordeal he apparently had been killed in  hijackers set a deadline of 5 . Monday for the West German and turkish governments to meet their demands. The deadline passed without incident and the terrorists pushed it Forward to 3 30 .  plane carrying a commando squad flew in secretly from Germany with a Stopover in Crete Landing in the dark and using Only a few Landing lights. Tuesday oct. 18 with Only about an hour to go before the deadline the commandos stormed the Jet liner with guns and blinding grenades that stun with a Flash of Light. Two terrorists were killed instantly one died later Ina Hospital and the fourth the woman was hospitalized with serious wounds. All 86 remaining were rescued. Nine hostages and one commando were slightly injured Andone hostage was hospitalized after collapsing