European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 03, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 Kecici the stars and stripes thursday october 3, 1985 or resigns to be envoy to Ireland p Margaret heckler stepped was forced from her Post. Ambassador ship As a Lovely position for someone Ary of the department of health i think mrs. Heckler was justifiably upset by the kind House speaker Thomas o Neill jr., a Democrat from j president Reagan announced her of Eosin that was coins around Reagan said. I Don t heckler s Home state of Massachusetts said it s regret Washington a t r aside tuesday As Secre Tarand human services and nomination As ambassador to Ireland. The action by heckler came after persistent reports that the White House staff had disapproved of her performance and had sought to have her removed. Democrats charged she had run afoul of conservative republicans by resisting moves to Cut programs for the poor. The department has 145,000 employees and a $330-billion budget largest in the government. Her resignation leaves Elizabeth Dole Secretary of transportation As the Only woman in the Cabinet. Reagan who announced the ambassadorial appoint ment with heckler at his Side denounced reports that she was forced fro her Post. Of gossip going know where this was coming from. It was malicious it was false. She executed the policies that i wanted for the Agency. She has done a Fine Job at has the president said during a Brief appearance in the White House press a matter of fact if she had t done such a Good Job i would t have been so eager to seek her out to be the ambassador to her nomination must be confirmed by the Senate. Heckler told reporters Reagan had persuaded her Totake the new Post and that she considers it an Honor and tin exciting she had once described the Irish ambassador ship As a Lovely position for someone hous heckler table that the Ultra right Wing group of the Republican parly wants to take control of the Avenue she has been on. She has stopped them from cutting programs of the poor. I m sorry that the president is succumbing to the wishes of the however Reagan insisted that the Job switch was his idea. We have a need for an ambassador and Ireland is getting very impatient the president said. I thought she might like a change of Pace. I think she will be just mrs. Heckler is of Irish Stock. Her full Maiden name was Margaret Mary o Shaughnessy. 4 kidnapped soviets in Beirut reported still alive Beirut a a Telephone caller said tuesday that two of four kidnapped soviet embassy employees had been killed but intelligence sources said they were alive. Pictures of the for were distributed to Western news agencies. The instant photos in color were accompanied by a message saying they would be killed unless a syrian backed offensive against fundamentalist moslem militiamen in the Northern port of Tripoli was stopped. It could not be determined when the photo graphs were taken. It also was not Clear whether guns shown in the pictures had been pasted on or had been held to the captives Heads at the Lime they were set of pictures was delivered to a Western news Agency in Beirut with a statement that said we will Start carrying out the death sentence on the first hostage at 9 . Sharp unless the atheistic Campaign against islamic Tripoli associated press obtained a differ ent set of pictures that showed the same four men but in different poses. Hours after the deadline passed there was no indication any action had been taken against the militias backed by Syria the soviet Union s main ally in the Middle East have cornered fighters of the islamic unification militia in Tripoli 50 Miles North of Reagan called the abductions cowardly the soviet Union said it was taking All necessary Steps to free the Vic Tims and Syria offered any assistance in our capacity to gain the release of the soviets and 14 westerners held by Kidnap pers in of the men in the photographs were identifiable As the Kidnap victims from Pic Tures in their residence permits photocopies of which were circulated by the kidnappers earlier in the Day. Lebanese authorities verified that the permits were authentic. The photos and statement purportedly were from the islamic liberation organization Khalid Ben Al Walid forces the Beirut Sec Tor. It is a sunni moslem group linked to the islamic unification movement the Anonymous Telephone caller claiming to speak for the fundamentalist organization islamic holy War said earlier tuesday that two of the soviets had been killed. But Leb anese intelligence sources said they were alive and had been held in predominantly moslem West Beirut since they were seized there monday in two separate abductions. The intelligence sources who spoke on condition of anonymity told the associated press two were being held by the Hezbollah or party of god and the others by islamic holy War or jihad islami. Both Are fundamentalist shiite moslem groups. Islamic holy War also claims to hold six americans and four frenchmen kidnapped since March 1984. It has said it will free them if Kuwait releases 17 men imprisoned there for bombings in 1983, including at tacks on the . And French embassies. Kuwait has Anonymous caller who said he spoke israeli from Page 1 Force 17" claimed responsibility for the attack in Cyprus the Plo has denied involvement. It was however involved in negotiations for the surrender of the three men arrested after the yacht attack. One of the three gunmen said to reporters we belong to no organization. We belong to the palestinian Israel has bombed guerrilla bases in neighbouring Lebanon 13 limes this year but it was the first time it has struck another country since june 7, 1981, when its warplanes bombed an iraqi nuclear reactor near Baghdad. Israel also mounted the air borne Mission in 1976 which rescued hos tages held Al Entebbe Airport in Uganda. Tuesday s raid provoked expressions of anger from other Arab countries and Tuni Sia called for action by the . Security Council. In Washington the Reagan administration suggested it Consi Drca the raid an act of self defense. State department spokesman Charles e. Redman said As a matter of principle it is our View that it is legitimate self defense to respond appropriately to acts of terror but he said the administration did not have All the facts. Redman denied a report by libyan radio that the israeli planes were launched from an american aircraft Carrier and said the United Stales was not informed before the raid. President Reagan said in response to a reporter s question Hal nations have the right to retaliate against terrorist attacks As Long As you pick out the people respond Maksoud . Observer of the 21-member Arab league whose Headquarters is in Tunis said the . Reaction was shocking to the Arab world As a Tunisia has been a Friend of the United states and the response was outrageous he Arafat aide said at the United nations that the raid proved the israelis Are the main obstacle to peace in the Middle East. Farouk Qaddoumi who serves As the Plo s foreign minister called Reagan s efforts to encourage direct negotiations be tween Jordan and Israel a hopeless Egypt denounced the raid As a heinous criminal action and said it was suspending talks with Israel Over a Border dispute. France condemned the military action carried out by the israeli army on the Terri tory of a Sovereign peaceful state and Friend of officials would not say How Many or what kind of planes were involved in the raid but military sources said the aircraft were refuelled Over the Mediterranean Dur ing the 3,000-mile in Hamam Plage said they saw four jets conduct bombing runs. One Plo spokesman said six phantom jets were involved while another Plo spokesman mentioned eight jets. The israeli Arsenal contains phantom jets As Well As More modern f-16s and f-15s. It. Gen. Moshe Levy Israel s chief of staff speaking in Tel Aviv said Israel knew Arafat was in Tunisia but he would not say if Arafat was a specific target of the said the strike was not aimed at the tunisians. We wanted to hit Only Plo targets and cause no civilian casualties but countries that Harbor terrorists must realize and understand that they will suffer Retalia Tion he sources said King Hassan ii of Morocco Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan and prime minister Abdelhamid Brahimi of Algeria All telephoned tunisian prime minister Mohamed Mali to express their sympathy and Solidarity with the Tunisia people As Well As their consideration for Tunisia s attitude in the service of the palestinian is a firm supporter of the Plo and the Arab cause but has always been among the most moderate and pro Western of Arab states. More than 20 years ago in april 1965, president Chubib Bourguiba be came the first Arab statesman to propose permanent peace settlement with Israel. He supports the agreement Between King Hussein of Jordan and Arafat for a join approach to peace but condemned the peace treaty Egypt made with Israel. For islamic holy War said the two soviet skilled were the commercial attache and the embassy doctor. When they were kidnapped monday police identified the commercial attache As Oleg spirit and the physician As Nikolai Verusky. The other two soviets abducted were the cultural attache Arkady Malakov and Val Ery Kornev the embassy second Secretary. There have been several Anonymous Calls since the embassy employees were kidnapped. All the callers claimed to represent the kid nappers. All demanded that Syria halt the offensive against islamic unification in Tripoli. The intelligence sources said they could not do anything about the abductions be cause West Beirut is controlled by militias. Official sources said president Amin Gamay cd a Christian told the soviet charge d affaires Yuri Suslikova at a meet ing tuesday that the captives were alive but said achievement of their Freedom was for others to that was viewed As a reference to such figures As Nabih Bern who is Lebanon s Justice minister and chief of the shiite Mili Tia amal and moslem religious leaders who have influence with extremist factions. Some of the religious leaders have been trying to secure the release of six Ameri cans and eight other westerners held by extremist moslem kidnappers. Temperatures september to copter from Page 1. Tacking Jet was in West German an the spokesman said he did t know close the helicopter and jct Ciu Ftp of the attack or . He declined Toi of the two a Laid the United states had strongly protested the incident government to government with Czechoslovakia. He refused to discuss the substance of the protest nor would he say whether the czechs had responded. 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