European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes april 1985 hands off khad Afy warns Reagan Tripoli not Moa mar khad Afy said wednesday that president reagans nose will be Cut if the United states interferes in the Reagan has nothing to do with the libyan Leader said in English to an american reporter As he left a news conference at his military Headquarters Sudan is not an american Reagan must take care of his and he has big problems he dont interfere or his nose will be despite mounting evidence that the new sudanese government of Abdul Rahman Swar Alwahab has no libyan khad Afy continued what diplomats consider to be an attempt to seize credit for having brought about the downfall of president Jaafar he was ousted in a bloodless coup on saturday As he was returning Home from a visit to khad Afy described the sudanese people As Brothers backed by we love them and support he in his news which was attended by about 30 Western reporters invited to this usually closed khad Afy struck verbal blows in Many other his besides the United included Zion prime minister Margaret Thatcher of presi Dent Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia and the latitudinal marking of the he defended broadcasts that have been beamed to Tunisia and Morocco in recent weeks inciting people there to kill their jewish the broadcasts Are believed by Western official sources to originate from a seaborne pirate station organized by khad Afy said the Broad casts came from Southern Lebanon and did not discuss who organized he compared israeli actions in Lebanon to hitlers Mas accusing israeli troops of killing he said this Calls for an answer in the same How can you allow the killing of Arab families while rejecting such actions against jews in apparent reference to khad Afy anybody who protests against such a radio station is diplomats reported that Bourguiba last week summoned libyan foreign minister Ali Abdel Salam Turay who was visiting and criticized Libya severely for the broadcasts and expelled him from his office with out allowing him to when khad Afy was asked when he would visit he after the he said he was disgusted by British inaction on normalizing interrupted since a British police con stable was killed last year by shots fired from the libyan Mission in i doubt the credibility of Thatcher and am sep tical about British morality in he said without specifying asked whether libyan troops might Advance South of the 16th parallel in where libyan troops support a rebel khad Afy replied we dont think there is such a thing As a 16th who Drew this line who has the right to draw it under an agreement not respected by the 16th parallel serves As the dividing line Between government and rebel while French troops have withdrawn from american and French surveillance shows a continued libyan Libya has no forces in khad Afy if for offers Sudan million of help relieve fuel shortages Sudan up in the first Concrete show of material support for Sudan new ruling military the United states has offered Abdul Rahman Swar Alwahab a million Grant to help finance Oil imports and relieve critical fuel shortages throughout the the Sudan news Agency said International Telephone and telex communications with Sudan were Cut again wednesday afternoon and Khar Toum Airport and the country air space remained closed for the sixth consecutive the sudanese embassy in Nairobi the offer of the emergency Oil payment support funds was made during a tuesday meeting Between the charge affairs in David and the news Agency diplomats said Trade Union Hopes of a rapid return to civilian Rule following saturdays coup against president Jafaar Numeir have suffered a major setback with the appointment by Alwahab tuesday of a 15man military Council to govern the country until a peaceful Transfer of Power can be diplomats said the transition could take up to 18 the headed by former defense minister and army commander is comprised of senior military officers from every Branch of the sudanese armed the military Council which has assumed legislative and police Powers in place of the suspended Constitution re places the 12man Junta set up immediately following the that Junta included three the Council began its first full working Day wednesday with a series of meetings with representatives of 41 Trade unions and political parties to discuss the mechanics of an aviation officials say radar Center in Spain is air travel is Safe Madrid a air travel Over Central Spain is As Safe As in any advanced european civil aviation officials said the statement came in reply to charges by Spanish air traffic controllers tuesday that the air space was unsafe because of defective radar at Madrid Barajas International a statement issued by the civil aviation authority said the Paracuelles control 11 Miles West of was equipped with radar and technical systems with a level of reliability similar to that in the rest of Western since a socialist government took office in late a political controversy Over Spanish air safety has been rag ing among pilots of the National the air traffic controllers and the civil aviation since november 421 people have died in three separate airline disasters in the Paracuelles the note had been significantly upgraded in the past few years with the installation of new approach and flight radar enabling the Center to handle present and future air traffic with com plete safety and the air traffic controllers association Arica said tuesday the radar at Barajas gives incorrect the last serious plane crash occurred 19 just out Side the Northern town of Bilbao when an Iberia 727 flight from Madrid crashed on a Mountain prior to killing All 148 people on eign forces we will have to be involved and will totally disregard any despite strains with khad Afy described the re lations As Good and president Francois Mitterrand As his khad Afy offered no reason for the exceptional news conference and answered most questions by his principal interest appeared to be to denounce Ameri can condemnation of a strongly ant american declaration issued Here last after the formation of a poorly defined group called the National command of the revolutionary forces of the Arab in a comment on last months Bernard the state department said on april 2 that the United states would react against terrorist attacks against american this caused khad Afy to request a special session of the United nations Security questioned about supposed threats of terrorism in the United khad Afy at first refused to to repeated he offered apparently ambiguous an Swers suggesting that the new command would act Only in the Arab world but would also retaliate anywhere if it was he declined to list members of the diplomats reported that such nations As Syria and South Yemen had declined to take and that its members were Only Small dissident groups dominated by at the end of the news khad Afy signed copies in various languages of his Green con Taining his economic and moral and presented them to then he left the followed y a group of adherents Cho Rusing slogans and rhythmically jabbing their right fists the army Roundup eventual handover of Power to it was a we Klong general strike organized by the unions the led to the downfall of Numeir and intervention by the the unions called off the strike monday but have since made threats to the new Junta of new strikes and work stoppages if there is insufficient Progress toward a handover to civilian Alwahab has agreed to hand Over Power at the ear Liest possible wednesdays meeting did not include any representatives of the moslem the iranian backed fundamentalist islamic sect that had achieved tremendous influence under it was the brotherhood that encouraged the introduction of islamic Law in september 1983 with its harsh punish ments of amputation and flogging for Petty a few weeks before his Numeir arrested 161 leaders of the brotherhood and accused them of plotting a coup of their own against most of those arrested by Numeir have since been released by the the offer of Aid for Sudan to buy Oil came in the face of a threat by rebel Leader John Garang to Cut off water and Oil supplies from the South of the country unless the generals resign within seven Days and hand Power Over to the who Heads the Strong Sudan Peoples liberation army Spla which has been waging a two year guerrilla War against moslem Rule in said in a radio speech the generals were nothing More than an Extension of the Numeir he said the generals had hijacked the popular revolution and had no intention of handing Over Power to winners of maintenance excellence awards announced Heidelberg winners of the 3rd chief of army award for maintenance excellence Competition have been european winners and runners up in the army wide Competition Are Active modified table of organization and equipment Btry 1st 22nd Field 1st army div was the Winner in the intermediate he 197th Ord 59th Ord brigade was the runner up in the Light the 287th military police army was the runner up in the heavy Active table of distribution and allowances equipment Maint Miessau army 21st support come was the Winner in the Light the 270th signal 5th signal come was the Winner in the intermediate motor trans 29th area support 21st support come was the runner up in the intermediate Field army Berlin was the Winner in the heavy officials said 27 Usa eur units participated and 10 were chosen As they were graded on and presentation of awards is scheduled for april 18 in 173rd airborne brigade reunion of be May 25 in Washington Washington Vietnam veterans who served with the 173rd airborne brigade will reunite in Washington May 25th to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the units deployment to Headquarters for the reunion will be the Hyatt Regency on Capitol further Contact the society of the 173rd airborne reunion 85 Penta gon Box soldiers medal awarded of Tor disarming gunman Germany Luis Alvarado a member of co 1st 16th inf regt at Panzer was recently awarded a soldiers medal for heroic As the charge of Alvarad roman disarmed a Soldier who was threatening to kill another Soldier with a 9mm the incident occurred last according to the the armed Soldier Drew his cocked and began aiming when Alvardo roman grabbed the handgun and held it in the air while forcing the gunman the battalion staff duty no arrived and was trying to assist Alvarad roman when the weapon discharged and the round passed 2 to 3 inches away from Alvarad romans other soldiers then helped subdue the