European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes january 1981 Iraq wage War of words Over War Lebanon a Iraq said wednesday it blunted Iran counteroffer Sivc on the slopes of the Zagrous mountains and trapped charging enemy infantry in the War conquered Oil province of fran said its counter attackers drove iraqi invaders further Back on the two major fronts of the 108dayold with presi Dent Abolhassan Banisadr moving his Battlefront Headquarters to a newly recaptured area in the claims could not be independently no reporters have been allowed at the front since Iran announced its coun tar offensive monday in the strategic Heights of Gilan garb in Western Iran and in Khu Vistan at the Southern end of Iraq invasion lines into Iran Oil there was no firm word from either Side on the size of gains or losses in the iranian now in its third both nations claim to have inflicted hundreds of Fatali an army spokesman in Baghdad said iraqi forces have surrounded an attacking enemy infantry Force supported by tanks just South of the iranian key Highway town of 20 Miles East of the iraqi Border in Western the iraqi state radio quoted the spokes Man As saying the surrounded Force was says important issues remain secret proposal finds favor in Iran continued from Page guarantees at one he said the algerian government has said in its proposal that it is ready to accept the undertakings of both in other words Iran and the United states can empower the algerian government with their under official Tehran radio said in these the algerian government is prepared to obtain a guarantee from the iranian and As the Price for the hostages the iranians had demanded that the United states put billion in Cash and Gold in the algerian Bank As a kind of Bond to ensure that the estimated billion to billion in iranian assets Frozen by the United states is eventually and that it Deposit an additional billion to guarantee that any assets of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the United states be surrendered to the iranian gov the Carter administration is believed to have offered to immediately release sever Al billion dollars Worth of the Frozen Irani an but at least billion is blocked by courts hearing claims against the Iran government by american firms and on the Issue of the Pahlavi the United states is not known to have offered leak is repaired in Alaska pipeline Alaska a Oil was flowing through the tra Salaska pipeline at its Normal rate after workers repaired a leak that forced a 13hour closure of the 800mile steel Alyeska pipeline service shut Down the line after a leak was discovered 115 Miles South of the Prudhoe Bay Oil spokesman John Ratterman said an Esti mated Gallons of Oil escaped from the line before it was shut he said the Oil mixed with Snow and and would be relatively easy to clean Kuwait buys 8 boats Bonn a Kuwait has purchased eight speedboats from a West German firm for its coast guard in the persian sources close to the Bonn government re any financial guarantees to the new plan being discussed in Tehran would have to Bridge these multimillion Dollar gaps with some kind of other Gua perhaps even verbal assurances from Algeria that it is confident the United states will do All legally possible to restore Iran financial for its Iran owes at least billion in defaulted Loans to and could be found liable in scores of other court cases demanding compensation for nationalization of american companies in Iran and similar this is Why the algerians would obtain guarantees of some kind As in a Mes Sage to Washington last the Irani ans offered to Deposit billion in the algerian Bank to ensure payment of right Ful the two sides had been trying to work out arrangements for an International Tri Bunal that would arbitrate these Nabavi on wednesday chose to identify the latest proposals As but a spokesman for the foreign ministry in Al Giers said such a description was Prema Ture and said the algerian middlemen did not intend to expand their role in the of when a final agreement is iranian leaders might prefer to present it As rather than a since iranians regard staunchly nonaligned Algeria As a Reagan tills his Cabinet Bell gets education Post continued from Page 1 Bell reportedly flew to Washington this week to talk with Reagan transition advis met wednesday with members of and there were indications he was pulling Back from his Campaign pledge to abolish the department of Bennett Johnston of second ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy said after the it was my Clear impression that Rea Gan will not propose a dismantling of the Energy department but rather a lessening of its a doing away with some of the regulatory provisions like regulation of and to some extent natural Johnston said Reagan did not specifically say he would not abolish the this is my we discussed it at some but i think he recognizes these problems Are very serious and that Hes got to rethink everything now that Hes presi who said he urged Reagan not to abolish the also said he met tuesday with former James picked to head the Energy the Jet is diverted from Trudeau returns to Germany from press dispatches West Germany the plane of Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau was diverted from Algiers wednesday and returned to this Canadian air a Canadian spokeswoman she said he was dropping his plan to visit Algeria on his african trip Ana would Fly to thursday Trudeau ended a visit to Austria wednesday and left Lahr bound for Al but his Boeing 707 was diverted Back to the spokeswoman said she did not know the reason the plane was in government officials said Trudeau visit had been postponed until a Date yet to be decided the Canadian prime minister had been scheduled in Al Giers for a today stay on the first leg of his african the decision to delay Trudeau trip to Algeria was made by algerian and Canadian who said the prime ministers schedule presented the algerian officials Trudeau had been scheduled to meet with algerian president Chad i Benj Edid and Cabinet senator said Edwards said he was signing on for the duration and did not intend to preside Over a dismantling of the depart ment of in another transition sources said Daniel a veterans administration will be named reagans White House Ruge would replace William the Navy doctor who has held the position for 14 years under four Lukash will retire from the Navy asks probe of writer missing in Al Salvador san Al Salvador a a freelance journalist from has been missing nine Days in violence torn Al and salvadoran authorities have been asked to a spokesman for the embassy the spokesman said the missing Ameri can was John who disappeared a Day after checking in at the Sheraton hotel in san a hotel source said the Sheraton notified the and an embassy official searched sullivans room and found his typewriter and photographic equip ment still the embassy spokesman said sullivans relatives have been notified of his disappearance in this tiny Central american coun where an estimated people were killed in political warfare Between the extreme leftists and rightists last seven other americans have been among the victims since three american nuns and a woman social worker were Mur dered 2 an american mercenary was shot to death 17 and two american advisers from the Falcio to the govern ments land Reform program and peasant rights movements were killed along with the head of the land being pounded by helicopter gunships and tanks and that the iranian counteroffensive was rapidly running out of iraqi military communiques claimed the iranians were beaten Ana put to chaotic Retreat in the Gilan garb leaving hundreds of dead and dozens of wrecked tanks littering the Snow capped Heights that command the closest highways from Iran Western Border to the i capital some 120 Miles Iran reported fierce fighting in the Hills and valleys of Gilan with troops in three areas of the Western Region locked in Handt hand combat to dislodge the iraqis from their trenches at the Zagrous Tehran War Progress reports claimed fresh victories for Iran in the drive to flush out the iraqis from War conquered positions around Susan Gerd and the Khz Stan capital of 40 Miles Southeast of Tehran radio said Banisadr watched the Progress of the fighting wednesday from his new Battlefront Headquarters at an unnamed area recaptured from Ira 3is in Khz Stan on the presi ent is the broadcast Iran claimed More than a thousand iraqis were killed and captured in first two Days of the the first Batch of iraqi War numbering 495 arrived in Tehran by train from Khz Stan Iran official pars news Agency prisoners arrive crowds chanting Long live Long live Banisadr jammed the Tehran railway station As the iraqi hands tied by ropes behind their diem pars Iraq said tuesday night 381 iranian troops were 43 tanks destroyed and two phantom jets plus one helicopter gunship were shot Down in 24 hours of combat at both ends of the 300mile Bat conceding 29 iraqi government spokesman Behzad Nabavi told a news conference in Tehran wednes Day Iran has warned the United Arab emirates against demanding the return of three Small persian Gulf the islands of Abu greater tune and lesser tune that Overlook the Entrance of the Gulf were captured by Ira Nian forces during the late Shah regime in december at the time they were part of Ras Al one of the seven states that banded in the use federation at the southwestern tip of the persian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini islamic revolutionary regime has repeatedly rejected Arab Calls for returning the islands to the Nabavi was quoted by pars As saying wednesday Iran has warned use officials not to get involved in the imperialist plots in the Iran stays Home Nabavi reiterated Iran decision not to attend a Summit conference of islamic nations in saudi Arabia on 24 if iraqi president Saddam Hussein we have been informed Saddam has decided to attend the said so we shall not be saudi Arabia and Kuwait have been counting on having Hussein and Bani Sadr together at the Summit and then get the More than 40 islamic Heads of states to pressure them into a Central Europe forecast for thursday skies will be mostly Cloudy to Cloudy with occasional Snow and Snow will turn to rain in the Benelux and Western Section of Germany during the High temperatures lows Sunset thursday Sunrise Friday at the Outlook for Friday mostly Cloudy to Cloudy skies with rain and diminishing to isolated rain showers from North to South during the temperatures will be temperatures recorded wednesday 4am 4pm m p r p p m 55 30 34 34 39 30 34 30 38 30 38 14 19 p m m s c p 4pm 23 30 34 38 25 54 25 21 34 38 34 43 25 23 cd Clouds mostly Cloudy partly Cloudy Iraln t Snow 7lh weather so