European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes january 1981 left Wing group claims it destroyed 9 Jet fighters san puerto Rico a the Machete a Groin depend Dence claimed responsibility for set Ting off pipe bombs that destroyed nine Jet fighters and damaged a i oth Early monday at a base next to san Juans International damage was estimated at Mil a Man called the associated press office in san Juan at est roughly seven hours after the Well planned raid on the air National guard planes at Muniz air and said the blasts were set off by the Machete Wield who also claimed responsibility 13 months ago for killing two sailors and wounding 10 other servicemen and women in the bloodiest attack Ever on the military on this Commonwealth no one was Hurt in the latest which also damaged a pickup police also found and defused bombs in two other and searched a Delta flight at the International Airport where a bomb was re ported aboard but found officials they have taken us out of combat for the said Orlando Llen the adjutant general for the puerto i can National we have to reevaluate our location the base is near the Atlantic and officers speculated that the attackers either came in by boat or Over an unguarded Bridge that is beyond the six foot Fence around the two air National guardsmen and sever Al policemen were on guard at the officers said a 20man Security squad armed with rifles was being put into place around the obviously this was sabotage because they have found at least one Agustin the base services officer for the 156th tac fighter they must have been asked whether the base had received he we have not been ant French demonstrators March on embassy in Libya Beirut up demonstrators threatening a worldwide guerrilla Type War against French interests have marched on the French embassy in Libya to protest French intervention in Libya state run a Mairiya news Agency said the demonstration in the libyan sunday was organized by africans residing in Libya and was an open expression of african opposition to French the thousands of the Agency were protesting the dispatch of French troops to the Central african re Public and the Paris governments declared opposition to the planned merger Between Libya and Africa is for the and we will confront this French intervention by Force in All parts of the demonstrators said in a statement distributed by the news if France does not Stop its intervention in we will declare an african guerrilla War to destroy French interests in All parts of the the statement the demonstrations coincided with a re port published sunday by the pro libyan Beirut newspaper As Safir that libyan Leader Moa mar khad Afy was Send ing More troops to Chad to counter a French government decision to reinforce its military base in Central african Libya and Chad announced plans last week to merge into a single their merger plan was opposed by the United states and several african coun including although we know we Are a tar get because we Are the military in puerto eight a7d corsairs used As training planes and one older f104 Star fighter kept As a trophy were Corea said it appeared most of the bombs were placed or thrown into the air intake scoops under Neath the noses of the the Bottom of the air intake scoop of another Corsair was blown and the bomb that was found and defused also was in a Corsair intake the planes were parked 100 feet or More apart on a paved area in front of the Han secondary apparently in the planes fuel set off huge the hangar area was littered with wreck we Are All mad As said Ronald out Over the flood lit wreckage that was drenched in foam to put out the the destroyed planes were burned out and All that remained in some cases was a Tail or a the base is in a marshy area near a the apron in front of the hangars where the planes were parked is about 200 Yards there is one main two smaller Han Gars used for maintenance work and several repair shops and it was the first attack on the military in puerto Rico in 10 in March terrorists opened fire on a car carrying three army men and slightly grazed one of the Machete wielders said they were the bloodiest attack Ever made on the military on this Commonwealth Island took place when gunmen am bushed a Navy killing two sailors and wounding 10 other servicemen and the Machete wielders and two other Independence groups said they were last letter bombs were put in slots at three Post offices in the san Juan a Small leftist group claimed and said it was protesting registration for the dutch Village is against americ style Netherlands up a dutch Village Council has asked for a ban on lovemaking in americas Church the Are More parochial than the Village Council in the Northern Hamlet of America asked the regional Council of Horst to lock the churchyard Gates at a local official said the people of America were becoming increasingly upset by the number of Young couples making love in the churchyard on Sun Days and after disco parties or a churchyard is a place of rest and he it shows Little respect to use the place for rebels capture soviet copter afghan guerrillas seized a downed Sovi route running North from Kabul to the Pakistan earlier this month by the Jami i ml24 helicopter near a vital Supply soviet the photo was released in at islami insurgent fort Carson gis bounced Colorado up1 soldiers stationed at fort Carson wrote nearly in bad checks during the first 11 months of and military officials say they Are taking Steps to whittle Down that amount this Bernard Deputy Post com said chronic bad Check writers could lose their Check cashing privileges on the base if they continue their the Post also is imposing a mandatory remedial financial management course for firs time Friend said there were bad checks written on the base at clubs and commissaries and bad checks Given by soldiers to landlords and other local the on base bum checks totalled while those off base totalled Friend said it is much easier for fort Carson authorities to crack Down on the bad Check problem on the but said the military was not ignoring the problem with in the civilian specific jurisdiction on we have More authority under the uniform code of military Friend we have excl specific jurisdiction so certain regulations can be written and the ultimate consequence to the Habi Tual offender is the Over stamping of the military id card in red letters saying this individual loses Check cashing he said the id card Over stamping also could have some effect on the problem off the army although it specifically is designed to prevent Check cashing on the he said businessmen who see that stamp might refuse to accept a the regulation and the ov6rstamp have no authority off the Federal Friend effect could be inferred but that is not the intent of the nor is it the intent of the Friend said the bad Check Fig ure sounds but Points out the Post s total payroll was if bad Check problem is looked at in perspective with the total it Doest look so bad he soviet dissident arrested Moscow up the last original member of a group that revealed the use of soviet psychiatric hospitals to silence dissidents has been informed sources Felix was picked up in the reason for his arrest was not immediately the sources
