European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes monday october 7, 1985page 2b a Fate of hostage Buckley remains in doubt Beirut a Lebanon police said saturday authorities have found no proof to support moslem extremists claim that they executed kidnapped . Diplomat William Buckley. But neither was there any proof that he was still alive. The shadowy islamic jihad Orpa ovation claimed in statements published by Beirut newspapers Friday to have killed the 57-year-old Diplomat in revenge for alleged . Complicity in last tuesday s israeli air strike on Palestine liberation organisation Headquarters in Tunisia. The Effort by lebanese authorities o investigate Buck lev s reported death was not expected to achieve much. Christian president Amin Gamay cd s beleaguered govern ment has Little or no authority Over moslem groups in West Beirut or in the syrian controlled Bcka Valley. Buckley is among six americans and four frenchmen believed held by islamic jihad. The group is demanding that Kuwait free 17 comrades convicted for bombings there in 1983. Including attacks on the . And French embassies. Islamic jihad or islamic holy War. Is believed to con Sist of moslem fundamentalists. The group claimed Buck Ley a political officer Al the . Embassy was killed alter being tried and convicted by the extremists of american intelligence islamic jihad s failure to produce buckle s body has rekindled speculation that Buckley was dead Long before the group claimed to have executed him. Buckley was kidnapped March 16, 1984. Abc news reported in Washington that . Intelli gence officials believe Buckley was killed Al least two months ago and that the kidnappers were Only using the tunisian raid to justify his murder. The report quoted the officials who were not identified As saying they believe his body will never turn up because an examination would a show when he died and probably that he was tortured. Islamic jihad freed one american hostage the Rev. Benjamin Weir. 61, in what it termed a Goodwill gesture on sept. 14. Weir who had been held since May 8, 1984, said the kidnappers would snarl executing their captives and possibly Kidnap More americans. He said before his release he met with four of the Amer ican captives but not with Buckley or Peter Kilburn. Btl Burn 60, is a librarian at the american University of Beirut who has been missing since dec. 3, 1984. Kilburn was reported in poor health when he disappeared. On May 16, when islamic jihad released photos of four of the five americans it held at that time Kilburn was not among them Hul Buckley was. The last known Contact with Buckley was in a 56-Sccond videotape obtained by the London based i snows television news Agency Jan. 22. The other americans still missing Are Terry Anderson 37, chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press the Rev. Lawrence Jenco. 50, a roman Catholic priest David Jacobson 54. Director of Beirut s american University Hospital and Thomas Sutherland 53, Dean of agriculture at american University. The slaying of Arkady Katkov 32, the soviet embassy s cultural attache by islamic fundamentalists on wednesday also May have been a Factor in islamic jihad s claim it killed Buckley. Katkov and three soviet embassy personnel were snatched in West Beirut last monday. A group calling itself the islamic liberation organization claimed responsibility. It demanded that Moscow pressure Syria to Call off leftist militias besieging sunni moslem fundamentalists in the Northern port of Tripoli. The Day after Katkov s body was found a cease fire was declared in Tripoli with syrian president Hafez Assad s personal guarantee. The three other soviets Are still miss ing. Cop from Page 1 Hospital s administrator. He said All had been shot. Livni told the associated press that the bodies were flown there by helicopters of the multinational Force and observers the International peace keeping Force created in 1982 when Israel relinquished the Sinai to under the terms of the 1979 peace treaty. Among the israeli dead were three Mem Bers of the same family Livni said. No identities were released. Egyptian president Llo sni Mubarak sent condolences to israeli prime minister Shi Mon Peres and Egypt s foreign and defense ministers called israeli ambassador mosh Sasson in Cairo to express their regrets israeli officials said. They said the ambassador was told inc policeman went egyptian authorities assured Israel the Man would be punished to the limit of the Law said one official speaking with the condition that he not be identified. Initial reports reaching Israel said the assailant was a Soldier. But Egypt is forbid Den by the i979 peace treaty to have sol Diers in that area and Only policemen with sidearms arc allowed there. One Israel official said the assailant s motive was not known but witnesses re ported he ran the official said the shooting was being investigated by the joint Israel Egypt com Mission that was established to Monitor the peace treaty. He said the tourists had crossed into Egypt through Taba. Egypt s Sinai coast is a popular resort area for israelis Many of whom take vacations Over the eight Day jewish festival of Succoth. Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt in 1982 in accordance with the . Sponsored Camp David peace treaty the Only such pact Between Israel and an Arab country. The two countries remain locked in a Border dispute Over a stretch of Beach at Taba that Israel still controls. They main lain Border checkpoints on their Side of the contested area which is smaller than half a Square mile. Egypt suspended stalled negotiations Over Taba on tuesday to protest Israel s air raid on the Palestine liberation organization s Headquarters in Tunisia. In the last three years egyptian police frequently have detained israelis caught straying past the disputed Border on foot or off the coast. The Israel official said this was the first time israelis have been killed by egyptian Security personnel since the 1979 treaty. Niagara until after inc police and courts a Cliffis with them. Doug Tomlinson. A member of Munday s Crew said no water got into the barrel Asj spun Foi about 90 beneath the ing radio we of forc the Craft was Pullou a nor. Munday was taken to a waiting police Cruiser and was charged with unlawfully performing a stunt and wilfully failing to comply with probation. The latter charge was imposed because Ceri placed on two years prolate Faith it _. Was aborted a s barrel became trapped in the retain ing Pool of a hydroelectric Power Plant about a mile and a half above the Falls. On saturday Bailey said members of Munday s Crew backed up a pickup truck and dropped the barrel with Munday already scaled inside into the River Only 200 feet above the Brink. A Tor the charge to performing a stunt and he could be fined up to ,000 and be sentenced to 30 Days in jail on the probation to appear in ont Niagara Falls on nov. Saturday on his own is Ial Curt in senator from Page"1 not take All of the blame for the problems 6t nato and said that Western Europe car ried much of the Burden for military de sense of the Alliance during the 1970s. He. Also questioned whether the also was t supporting forts through its Grain he told Joe Jwj Bat West germans have world View because of the Deli Cate relations with East Germany and con Cerns Over the welfare of germans living in the soviet Union. For those reasons. West Germany cannot stand behind the attitude of total confrontation you seem to adv not been willing to do what Essary to counter that threat. No one on either Side of the Atlantic has suggested tripling inc Alliance s Lank forces to match the Warsaw pact quantitatively and qualitatively or qui Tupling the Alliance s artillery or even Matching the number of soviet anti tank devices he said. The discussion has not Token efforts told of Uji Jujj Foj i he said the Alliance has fallen significantly behind in nuclear capacity and he chastised West european leaders for failure t president Reagan s strategic do Jinwon As Star a Oruro pc s body pol Itic has United states is As much a danger Tol soviet Union he said. Tests recommendations last door meetings. The four Page memo obtained Fri however states flatly that not enough is known about aids to justify massive screening. The Board did support the screening of new recruits As Well As i blood donations. 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