European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes july Madrid bomb called a reply to Reagan by he associated press an Anonymous Telephone caller in Lebanon has claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Twa and other airline offices in the Spanish capital of saying the attack was a reply to president reagans threat to strike against in addition to the Madrid authorities tuesday investigated an explosion that wrecked an airline bag Gage area in the Rome and Madrid blasts killed one person and injured the Anonymous caller told a Western wire service in Beirut that the organization of the oppressed was responsible for mondays attack on the Madrid offices of British airways and the jordanian hijackers of the Twa flight 847 to Beirut said they belonged to the organization of the oppressed on Spanish police believe two men carried out the Madrid they said they arc investigating possible links Between the attacks and the Twa at least one person died and 27 were injured in the Madrid which came a Day after 39 american Hijack hostages were freed by shiite moslem in let Reagan know that our hands will reach the whole and we shall never remain silent after we thank All the alliances which helped us to carry out the bombing of the Twa the caller officials in Madrid said a Young Man who appeared to be an Arab entered the crowded British airways office there and hurled an explosive device against a most of the victims were including the woman who was the blast also damaged the Twa office on the floor above the British the bomber ran into the Street where a companion joined him and they fled on officials minutes two men in a car fired at the nearby office of the Royal jordanian airline and threw three grenades at the the grenades did not and there were no at one Point the hijackers demanded that Spain free two shiites who were sentenced last week to 23 years in prison for plotting to kill a libyan Diplomat in the Spanish government rejected the no one claimed responsibility for an explosion in a suitcase at Romes Leonardo a Vinci Airport that injured 12 scores of travellers fled in panic when the bomb exploded in Airport director Raffaele Casagrande told the investigation is still ongoing to determine what the blast blew a foot wide chunk put of the Concrete floor and riddled the plaster ceiling with a police official said the explosion occurred in an area run by the government police searched for clues amid the wreckage of twisted Luggage conveyors and Metal pieces of lug shoes and broken Casagrande said it was not known where the bag was at the time of the the area was handling baggage from two inbound flights one from Nigeria and one from Athens and from two outgoing flights to new Delhi and officials two greek extremist groups anti Imperi Alistick ant american struggle and revolutionary popu Lar struggle claimed responsibility tuesday for a bomb blast in Athens that wrecked five cars parked outside a Seaside hotel where around 300 military personnel were a typewritten statement claiming the blast for the previously unknown anti imperialist group was sent to greek newspapers an Anonymous caller gave a different ant american text claiming the blast for Navy Battle group remains off Lebanon Washington a for the time the Navy Battle group headed by the aircraft Carrier Nimitz will remain in the Eastern Mediterranean sea off the coast of Pentagon sources said the none of whom would discuss the matter unless guaranteed stressed they knew of no plans to use the Navy Force for any Type of retaliatory raid in the Wake of sundays release of 39 american one source said he thought the american vessels and an Marine amphibious unit would remain in the Eastern Mediterranean for a time to underscore the fact that these ships were always in International Waters Ana we dont move them around in response to terrorist at one Point during the 17day hostage shiite moslem Leader Nabih Berri demanded the United states withdraw the naval Force As a condition for the release of the defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger quickly rejected the and the ships remained on the Navy routinely refuses to discuss ship deployments and declined monday to say How Long the Battle group might remain in the besides the the group includes the guide missile Cruiser South the guide missile destroyer Kidd and at least two support the Marine Force is deployed aboard three other led by the helicopter Carrier the Navy units operating in the Eastern Mediterranean Are continuing their the Navy said in a Brief we have no further details for one Pentagon source said it was not unusual for Navy ships to operate in the East Ern Mediterranean As part of their Normal As a the first ships in the task Force to leave the area might Well be those carrying the leaving the Nimitz and its group the source the 24th Marine amphibious unit was scrambled to the area during the Early stages of the hostage cutting Short a scheduled Shore leave in on a related Pentagon officials declined to say whether or when units of the elite Antiterrorist Delta Force had returned to the United government sources confirmed the Day after Twa flight 847 was hijacked that elements of Delta Force had been flown to the Region from fort no Effort was made to mount a military out of concern for the hos tages san Diego residential fire is blamed on arsonists san a fires that have destroyed or damaged More than 100 houses crackled tuesday across More than acres of Arizona and spurred by record High tin Derry Brush and erratic arson was blamed monday for the worst residential fire in san Diego history and was suspected in a Palo Alto Blaze that burned 10 to 15 houses and briefly stranded 50 More than 600 children were evacuated Early tuesday from a summer Camp North West of said Tami a spokeswoman for the Forest four new fires were reported including one at the Camp Pendleton Marine base near san the worst of those fires burned 10 Homes in Palo 25 Miles Southeast of san pledges there will be no forgetting temperatures july 1 Reagan hostages Home Andrews a thirty former hostages of Twa flight 847 re turned Home welcomed by presi Dent Reagan with the vow that there will be no forgetting that one of their number was killed and seven other american Citi Zens remain imprisoned in the freed who had been held hostage in Beirut with nine others for 17 arrived at Andrews fab aboard a special Twa flight from they stepped onto the same Tarmac which Only 13 Days earlier had received the body of Robert Dean the Navy diver who was the sole person slain by the hijackers among 153 people on the Reagan spent a few private minutes aboard the aircraft with the former hos telling according to spokesman Larry that he had just Laid Flowers at Stethem this is the one sad note and there Are seven other sad notes and we Are hostages from Page 1 air Force Hospital for completing medical checkups within 24 the he did an absolutely Superb before boarding three buses at the front Entrance to the the hostages were Given bottles of German White wine and a Book about Wiesbaden by Wiesbaden lord mayor Wilhelm auf Wiede Sehen and Good Luck from Wallmann before the who was held with four Navy Seabee during captive said he could not comment on reagans handling of the crisis because he does not know All that asked if the United states should seek he in not a person who believes in revenge and Carlson said he carried military identification but was Able to conceal but he also carried an official so the hijackers knew he was connected with the military or the i have no sympathy for the men Hijack ers on the he i prayed for those men and i Pray for them Many of the people Are very poor and Many Are very he said of the people in the Middle but definitely some Are very staff writer Michelle Alkac contributed to this re going to continue to work on Speakes quoted the president As in Brief Public remarks to the released americans and their Reagan de there is Only one thing to and i say it from the Bottom of my heart and for All the people in the country Welcome you were held simply because you were Reagan let there be no a crime was committed against hijacking is a kidnapping is a murder is a the Day your plane was the terrorists focused their brutality on a Brave Young they beat Robby Stethem and shot him to we will not forget what was done to there will be no his murder ers must be brought to As the former hostages cheered that dec Reagan added nor will we for get the seven americans who were taken captive before you and Are captives they must be John the Captain of the hijacked told we Hope your efforts will bring Back the remaining americans very to the people of we Are proud and know ing How you joined together at the time of hundreds of Well wishers crowded around the heavily guarded arrival Rock Angeles Beach Paul Orleans York City Louis Petersburg Lake City Diego Francisco x european weather forecast for wednesday partly Cloudy to fair with Patchy morning locally dense in Northern coastal High temperatures from mid 70s to Low 80s lows from mid 50s to Low Sunset Sunrise thursday Outlook for thursday continued fair to partly Cloudy with Patchy morning fog and a Chance of afternoon thunderstorms in the extreme slightly warmer temperatures recorded tuesday 4am 4pm 4am 4pm f 70 86 f 53 70 f 55 65 p 55 70 f 70 82 f 61 73 f 64 82 the 72 81 cd 54 63 f 57 64 cd 50 59 f 57 75 f 55 68 f 66 84 Pearlly Cloudy a Cloudy fair by det 7th weather Graben Rorar