European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28j the stars and stripes tuesday october 15. 1985 palestinians shared in disbelief of americans no avar. . A the palestinians accused of hijacking a cruise ship stared Back in disbelief As they were displayed in lineups for their former captives an cd hostage who helped identify he pirates said sunday. Stanley c. Kubacki a Pennsylvania criminal judge also said he had no trouble picking out his former captors in i to land by . War Plains. Sicily where inc terrorists plane was forced an air Force Jet bearing the freed hostages was diverted Early saturday to Sicily where Kubacki said he was led to a tiny office at an italian military base. One by one authorities led in the men Kubacki do scribed As the meanest Nastiest crudest people in the  and displayed them in separate lineups. There was disbelief in their eyes Kubacki said during a Telephone interview from his Philadelphia Home. He said the imprisoned palestinians apparently were stunned by seeing the americans they had taunted Al gunpoint just Days before As the Achille Lauro moved about in the Eastern Mediterranean. Kubacki also said the ship s chief bartender told him he saw iwo terrorists shoot to death Leon Klinghoffer of new York the Only person killed during the hijacking according to monday s editions of the new York times. Kubacki said the bartender the Only reported witness of the slaying had Given egyptian authorities a full account of the slaying thursday morning 12 hours before Egypt released the hijackers under a Safe passage agreement that ended the hijacking the times said. Egyptian officials say they knew of no slaying when the Hijack ers were released. Kubacki and his wife Sophia both 70, returned to their Homes saturday with other freed hostages. Italy from Page 1 which has generated debate among his five party coalition. Italian officials had been instrumental in arranging for the Palestine liberation or Gani Alion to help negotiate an end to the two Day hijacking last week in which about 500 passengers and Crew were held hostage. Abbas a close associate of Plo Leader Yasser Arafat was one of two palestinians who accompanied the hijackers on an Egypt Tair Jet that was intercepted by . War planes Over the Mediterranean and forced Down in Sicily Early Friday. A Egypt claims the plane was returning Afler being denied Landing rights in Tunisia when it was met by inc . Jets. On saturday. Italy let Abbas leave the country on a flight to Belgrade Yugoslavia along with his aide. The United Stales wants Yugoslavia to arrest Abbas but the yugoslav government indicated sunday it would refuse the re quest. A government spokesman in Belgrade who refused to be identified said his coun try has Good relations Wilh the Plo and we support the palc Linian  in new York. Fri director William Webster said yugoslav authorities have declined to detain Abbas. State depart ment Legal adviser Abraham sofar said Yugoslavia had at this Point refused to detain Abbas but they have not turned Down our request for provisional  in other developments . Ambassador Nicholas pc Liolis said sunday in Cairo Egypt that the United states regretted it had to intercept the egyptian plane. Egyptian president Llo sni Mubarak has called the . Military operation an act of piracy. We deeply regret that this action was necessary a Cliotis said Reading a statement. This was done after most serious consideration and with  also sunday the Egypt air plane re turned to Cairo after getting italian judicial clearance to depart. The Achille Lauro. Anchored off port said since the hijackers surrendered wednesday was Given Permis Sion to sail by egyptian authorities and left for Genoa where it was expected to arrive in three Days. Police in Siracusa Sicily on sunday erected a Metal barricade and towed cars away from the jail where the four pirates Are being held for trial. No official reason was Given but police officers on the scene said they thought inc moves meant that the four men would not be transferred to another prison soon. There was no information on the Progress of the investigation by italian magistrates w to arc reported to believe the hijackers boarded the liner in Genoa with false pass ports. Italian newspapers meanwhile said the four men had admitted hijacking the ship but denied killing Klinghoffer. A Cliotis speaking Wilh reporters in Cairo quoted one of the american Passen Gers As saying she had spoken with an ital Ian officer aboard the ship who described an incident before the killing. The officer told the woman Klinghoffer bit one of the palestinians on the hand when the Hijacker reached across him As he sat in his wheel chair a Cliotis said. In Egypt As the Achille Lauro sailed past the Dock where it had been moored since Early thursday Crew members cheered and waved to Harbor workers. Egyptian workers in a Small boat sped around the Craft holding up a giant picture of Mubarak. A half hour before sailing the last of the passengers left the ship for Cairo. The ship s owners had hoped to continue the cruise to Ashdod. Israel but cancelled it because of inc four Day delay Al port said. Both egyptian and italian authorities maintained publicly they were holding the ship and aircraft As part of Independent investigations into the hijacking and the death of Klinghoffer. Who the United Stales claims was shot and thrown overboard tuesday off the syrian coast. Abbas from Pago 1 Rcd the hijackers cleaning their weapons As the passengers were having lunch. Meanwhile Newsweek Magazine quoted unidentified intelligence sources As saying Abbas was in constant radio Contact with the terrorists throughout the hijacking. The new York times said the United Stales has transcripts of those conversations and gave the transcripts to Italy As evidence of Abbas complicity. Abbas reportedly radioed the hijackers from his base in Beirut and berated them for botching their Mission after he Learned that american hostage Leon Klinghoffer 69, of new York City had been killed Newsweek said in its current edition. In his interview Wilh inc egyptian news Agency. Abbas denied that the tour hijackers had killed Klinghoffer. And noted that the crippled american had a heart  the 38-year-old palestinian official a member of the Palestine liberation organization executive committee claimed the ship s Captain had told him there had been no injuries. Italy s slate run Rai television network said that the Achille Lauro s skipper capt. Gerardo do Rosa said in a ship to Short radio interview sunday that the hijackers had forced him to say no one aboard the ship had been harmed. Rai said he was asked if he had Given the report while being threatened with a weapon and he replied exactly most exactly they told me to say that everything was All right that everyone was just  Bob Siller of lbs radio news in new York said that lbs correspondent David Andelman in Tunisia reached Abbas by Telephone in Belgrade and Abbas told him he would be willing to go to the United slates to Clear his name and explain everything if president Reagan guaranteed him Safe passage and he had committed no crime against the  the Plo did not know in Advance about the hijacking and the four hijackers were acting on their own. They had been in Italy for several months before the Hijack ing and Abbas was going to take them to Tunisia to stand trial. The hijackers did not kill Klinghoffer. Who May have died of a heart attack. Abbas was quoted by the Middle East news Agency As saying he was sent to Egypt by the Plo leadership to help in negotiations to end the hijacking. The hijackers surrendered wednesday 51 hours Afler the takeover. The Plo official also Lold the Agency that his negotiating Mission was crowned with Success Wilh the help of egyptian authorities who made a great Effort to end the  also expressed gratitude to the ital ians for allowing him and a bodyguard to leave the country despite . Demands thai he be flown to inc uni cd states for  Heads a Wing of the Palestine liberation front a Plo faction Loyal to Plo chairman Yasser Arafat. The americans were freed wednesday Afler the four palestinian liberation front hijackers surrendered to egyptian authorities. The egyptian jetliner taking them to Palestine liberation organization officials was seized by .jcls. I Felt a sense of Triumph of Justice. 1 was proud of our country. I was proud of America Kubacki said. Aboard the ill fated ship Kubacki said my wife went through hell and i went through  imprisoned in a lounge the hostages were fed bread and Walcer and had to wait in line to share two bathrooms among 500 people. The judge said inc experience left him with a feeling never fell before in 14 years on the Bench the plight of the victim. It s not revenge. I have seen a Side of the Law that i have never seen before Kubacki said. Belgian coalition ahead in voting for parliament Brussels a belgians voted for a new parliament sunday and unofficial returns showed prime minister Wilfried Martens Center right coalition headed for four More years in office with a slightly bigger majority. Projections by the Interior ministry showed the main opposition socialists also would gain and that the communists would lose both of their seals and would not be represented in parliament for the first time since 1925. With about 50 percent of the vote counted projections gave Martens coalition 116 of the 2i2 scats an increase of three. The socialists were expected to win six addition Al seats for a total of 67, and inc ecologists nine seats an increase of five. Two nationalist parties were losing ground. The flemish people s Union was expected to drop from 20 to 15 seals and the democratic front of French speaking people from 6 to 3. The extreme rightist democratic Union for inc respect of labor was losing two of its three scats while the nationalist flemish bloc was retaining its single Seal. Confucianism promoted by chinese scholars peking a the teachings of confucius should be part of China s educational curriculum scholars said at a seminar marking the 2,536lh anniversary of the Sage s birth. The gathering was sponsored by the China confucianism research Center. Participant included Kong Dimao a 77lh-gcncration descendant of the ancient philosopher who lived from 551 . To 479 . 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