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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday october 15, 1985 extremists threaten soviet embassy Beirut a  lebanese army Par Alroso pcs joined in Tim militiamen guarding the soviet embassy monday after Anonymous Telephone callers claiming to speak for moslem extremists  to blow it up and kill three soviet hostages. The callers purporting to speak for the islamic liberation organization said in predawn messages to Beirut radio stations that the soviets have until Midnight wednesday to close Down the embassy. Or shall kill the hostages and totally demolish the embassy unless Moscow hurries to close it Down within 48 hours one caller was quoted As saying by the Christian voice of Lebanon radio and the moslem voice of the nation. The islamic liberation organi action is believed to be made up of sunni moslem extremists. Another caller telephoned voice of Lebanon at 2 30 . Monday and warned that the hostages would to killed. In the name of god the merciful inc compassionate the caller was quoted As saying we shall execute the three soviet hostages within half an hour because the demands of the organization have not been  but police said hours after the deadline passed that no corpses had been found in West Beirut. There was no Way of authenticating any of the Calls. The voice of Lebanon also said there was no  Why inc afternoon caller claimed the kidnappers would carry out the deals threat ahead of the deadline Laid Down earlier. The Cap lives Are press attache leg spirit commercial attache Valery Mizikov and embassy doctor Nikolai Sversky. They were kidnapped in Cirul s moslem sector sept. 30 along with consular Sec Clary Arkady Katkov 32. His Bullet riddled body was found sprawled on a garbage dump two Days later. The abductions and a Alkov s murder have thrust the soviet Union into the same dilemma that has gripped the United states Over kidnapped americans in Lebanon Over the last 21 months. Until now East bloc nationals have been virtually immune from the wave of kidnappings of foreigners. Initially the callers demanded Only that Moscow pro sure Syria into calling off leftist militia allies attacking sunni fundamentalists in the Northern port of Tripoli. After a cease fire was declared the Day after Katkov was slain the group was silent for several Days. Then it announced by far the most ambitious demand of any kid nappers in Lebanon a joint Effort by Moscow and Washington to end Lebanon s 10-year-old civil War. It also urged the shadowy islamic jihad group of shiite moslem extremists not to free any of the american and French hostages it holds and to intensify their action against the superpowers. Islamic jihad believed made up of shiites Loyal to Iran has twice claimed in the last 10 Days to have killed one of the six american hostages it says it was holding. But there has been no conclusive proof. Fugitive from Page 1 the 38-year-old lieutenant to Yasser Arafat had left Yugoslavia. A Csc would not say if the United slates knows where Abbas is or if the United Stales would try to intercept a plane carry ing him. As it did with the egyptian Airliner flying inc hijackers Abbas and another Plo official out of Egypt on thursday. But a Csc said inc uni cd slates consid ers Abbas an International criminal " it s important that he be brought Back to answer for his crimes and nol Given immunity so he can engage in a propaganda Campaign he said. White House spokesman Larry up cakes called inc italian decision to release Abbas despite a . Arrest warrant sent to Rome  italian Premier Bollino Praxi said Mon Day that Abbas and the second palestinian official who has never been officially identified never left the egyptian plane until boarding a flight for Yugoslavia saturday evening. He said they were protected the entire time by diplomatic immunity and were under control of egyptian military aboard the plane. He said Abbas travelled with an iraqi diplomatic passport. Meanwhile Newsweek Maga inc quoted unidentified intelligence sources As saying Abbas was in constant radio Contact with the terror Isis throughout the hijacking. The new York times said the uni cd states has transcripts of i Host conversations and gave inc transcripts Lollaby As evidence of Abbas complicity. A Jas reportedly radioed the hijackers from his base in Beirut and berated Ihm for botching their Mission after he Learned that an american hostage Leon Klinghoffer 69, of new York had been killed Newsweek said in its current edition. Bob Siller of lbs radio news in new York said lbs correspondent David Ancl Ryan in Tunisia reached Abbas by Telephone in Belgrade and Abbas told him he had committed no crime against americans and would be willing to go to the United slates to Clear his name and explain everything if president Reagan Gua plane from Page 1 Siulc before the whole world Mubarak said. And after that if any action look place if any kind of terrorism look place after Arafat not punishing these people then the world will have to do whatever it likes against any new kind of  Mubarak said he fears that placing the gunmen on trial in Italy will not Stop the  meanwhile according to a published stateside report sunday defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger had reservations about plans to Force Down the egyptian plane. The report in Newsweek Magazine said Weinberger repeatedly called Reagan to express his doubts about the plan and at one Point Lold him this will destroy our relations with  four palestinians accused of hijacking the italian cruise ship off Egypt were taken into custody Early Friday in Italy after american fighter Juls forced the egyptian plane to land. The  plane had been headed for Tunisia. Newsweek also said that Reagan aboard air Force one was forced to use unsecured radio channels to order Weinberger to proceed with the interception. The scrambler aboard the presidential jul was broken the Maga inc said. As a Rchull the Magazine said Reagan s conversation with Weinberger was Over heard by an Amateur radio operator. The operator who was not identified re ported that Weinberger expressed reservations about an operation that might re quire Navy pilots to fire across the nose of an unarmed civilian plane. In a statement monday the Pentagon said the Secretary provided the president his advice both pro and con prior to the president s making a decision. The Secre tary was in full agreement with the decision and carried it out without  rant cd him Safe passage. The Plo did not know in Advance about the hijacking and the four Hijack in who had been in Italy for several month before the hijacking were acting on their own. Me said was taking them to Tunisia to stand trial when the plane carrying them was intercepted. The hijackers did not kill Klinghoffer who May have died of a heart attack. In Siracusa Sicily a magistrate inc Ali gating the hijacking said the four arrested palestinians were probably not the Only ones involved in the attack. We presume that others in Italy were _ involved but we Don t know who at Thil time Dolcino Faxa Deputy prosecutor in Siracusa said during a press briefing. Asked about reports that magistrates in Genoa from where the Achille Lauro left oct. 3. Believed at least six others were involved and arc preparing new indict ments he said we have no information about  aids from Page 1 individuals of employment insurance cover age and housing in a climate of hysteria Over aids which so far has mainly struck homosexuals. The Issue Marks a new phase in an evolving controversy Over How the military serv ices should handle the results of screening tests used to detect exposure to the virus which has caused aids in some people but nol in others. The services have recently begun testing the blood of All recruits for signs of antibodies to the virus. Such antibodies Are an indication that an individual has been infected with the virus but not necessarily that he will come Down with the disease a fatal ailment that destroys the body s immune system. Those who show signs of infection with the virus on two separate blood tests Are told of the results and arc rejected for military service. In a memorandum sent Friday to the secretaries of the army Navy and air Force Mayer said it was contrary to de sense department policy to report positive results on the antibody test to the civilian authorities except in response to a valid civilian health authority  even in such a Case Mayer said Only he not the individual services can determine whether the test results should be provided after receiving a formal request from the civil Ian authority. Mayer Drew a Sharp distinction Between reporting cases of aids As is required by Public health Laws in most states and re porting results of the antibody test which is Reagan to Host 5 nations Washington up leaders of Britain Italy West Germany Canada and Japan have accepted president Reagan s invitation to a or Summit meeting in new York next week a White House spokesman said monday. Reagan plans to spend oct. 23-24 in new York to observe the 40th anniversary of the United nations. He plans to address the . On oct. 24 and then hold u luncheon meeting with the Allied leaders to explain . Policies and positions at the november Summit meeting in Geneva with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. France was also invited to attend the meeting but has not accepted. Not required in virtually All jurisdictions and is explicitly prohibit cd in same jurisdictions. The military s offer to identify the recruits rejected because of the antibody tests came to Light wednesday when san car testified in court that an unidentified military doctor called him the week before and wanted to provide the names of people who tested positive for infection with the aids virus. It was unclear whether the names had already been compiled. Sencer said he refused to accept inc names because he considered it a betrayal of the individuals privacy. Many Public health officials believe that if the identities of individuals info Clad with the virus arc distributed too widely people will be unwilling to take the screening tests and doctors May shy away from reporting the results. The sharing of names could Lead to the establishment of a whole class of untouchables warned Thomas b. Stoddard legislative director of the new York civil Liber ties Union. It justifies our fears that this test will ultimately be used for purposes other than protecting the blood Supply or seeking to Stop the spread of the  Stoddard stressed that a Tecsi result Indi Cating an individual had developed antibodies to the Viris had no Clear medical significance because nobody knows for certain if these individuals will come Down with the disease or will spread the virus. 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