European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday. October 17, 1985page 28 f 1 egyptian Pilot says jets flew dangerously close7 a the Pilot of an egyptian Airliner he i t h four palestinian hijackers of an italian Ronit Fri Piffl Jau emf to. As saying thai intercepting .   close to his aircraft. Capt. Ahmed Mon cab g pc his account of the incident in an interview with the slate owned Cairo newspaper Al Akbar. Mon cab said he first heard from the . Warplanes after he turned Back toward Egypt thursday night after Tunisia denied him Landing rights. "1 was surprised to hear an american accented voice c my radio saying egyptian plane keep west.1 " j " said. " or he said he initially ignored the  when it was repeated he realized that hive Jsn of Gap Lair Boe ing 737, was being intercepted he said he sent a Rad pcs Sec to Cairo via Athens Airport saying Jetja gators were forcing him to Fly to a military Bascoy Noclla Airport in Sicily. He said Cairo noted his message and radio Contact with it and Athens was lost suddenly. My plane had Only one radio Channel open inc one used by the commander of the military Squadron who me about the new direction i had to it was liw Way Bijj Wrt thursday and at that Point my during _ in ii Ping aircraft flew so close to my it to Tom to move away a Little so i could Fly freely Asl i to reckon with possible air pockets. They responded and moved off but they kept on accompanying  he said there were seven american aircraft in All. He said instrument Landing at Simonella was not Possi ble and i had to make a visual  i had great difficulty Landing because the planes were very close to my aircraft even As i began the descent to the runway he said. I asked the american commander to move away and he  Mon cab said the Airport at 12 at Simonella c ii 35 . Get said the plane which also was carrying Palestine liberation organisation official Mohammed Abbas and an aide was not boarded by italians or americans at Simonella. A 1 was asked to do was to allow the four hijackers of the Achille  to leave the plane. 1 allowed them to do jul the scene was awful As they were rushed by Accuri  he Sauhar a p a asked to get Abbas and his aide off the plane a Abbas and his aide rom or pc plan until in flew to Leonardo a Vinci i night Afler a one Day Slop at Rome s Ciampino military Airport. Italian authorities allowed Abbas and his aide to leave secretly for Yugoslavia on saturday. Reagan from Page 1 where he was campaigning for sen. Steven Symms. A Idaho the whereabouts of a palestinian Leader wanted by . Authorities in last week s hijacking of an italian cruise ship remained a mystery after Yugoslavia reportedly allowed him to leave the country in Defiance of . Wishes. The stale department said monday it had not been informed officially by Yugo Slavia that Mohammed Abbas 3h. Had de parted the country but a Palestine liberation organization official and the yugoslav news Agency said Abbas had left the country for an undisclosed location. Speakes said tuesday he could not con firm reports that Abbas had reached South Yemen. Meanwhile a . Official said tuesday that messages Between Abbas and the four hijackers of the a Chilic Laura arc among the evidence offered by the Reagan administration to a . Court in Washington to Back the claim he was the Mastermind of the ship seizure. The administration also submitted a his tory of past terror isl attacks by the pales Tinian liberation front an Arm of the Plo in which captured members stated they got their instructions from Abbas. The text of the messages was not released to the Public on the grounds the evidence was sealed in order not to prejudice any future Legal proceedings. Israeli intelligence was understood to have played a major role in providing the material to the . Government. The messages were intercepted while the hijackers were still on the ship said the . Official who asked to remain Anonymous. Federal prosecutors plan to present Evi Dence to a Federal grand jury in washing ton on thursday about the hijacking and Abbas role in it the Washington Post re ported in wednesday s editions. The news paper also quoted sources As saying any indictment against the ship hijackers which could come in a matter of Days would disclose the scaled evidence. The . Official said other evidence included references to Abbas being known personally by the four palestinians now in italian custody and information showing they accepted instructions from him. 2 arrested alter dog discovers bombs of Rome Airport Rome a to o men carrying moroccan passports were arrested tuesday at Leonardo a Vinci Airport after a Bonab sniffing dog discovered their Luggage was stuffed with explosives authorities said. A police dog sniffed out a bomb weighing More than seven pounds in the false Bottom of a suilc.m1 belonging Loben a Nimby 23, when he arrived at the Airport from Bagh dad Iraq police said. Bomb squad officials said the device included a act Onador that could have been triggered by a 9-Volt Battery. They de scribed the bomb As a mixture of Lead and chemicals roughly five limes More Power Ful than int. Police later arrested another Man identified As Barcha Ham Mani 25, who had trav eled with Krampy on the same plane he also had a moroccan passport. Authorities said his bag was packed with roughly the same amount of explosives but Tarkij i act Onador. The two men were in custody tuesday night and were being questioned by assist ant stale prosecutor Domonico ska a leading anti terrorist investigator. No charges were announced immediately. While he was being taken into custody Krampy told reporters at the Airport thai the explosives were to be used against the israelis and americans not against the italians who arc very Good friends of the Arab  he skirted questions about his nationality saying Only All the arabs Are Broth  he had no comment on the Achille Lauro hijacking saying that was a pales Tinian action and. Docs not concern  Krampy said he worked As an accountant. Pentagon from Page 1 operating methods and strategies patched together a Jhc last moment he report said. The Pentagon disparaged the study implying that theras dissent within the com Mittee about its conclusions the Pentagon also contend cd that the successful Navy  Las week of an egyptian Airliner  aboard proves that the present a Siclo works and needs no repair. That  was carried out by Navy person Fly Only and did not involve the kind of joint is inc cooperation the report discussed. The report was preceded and its main themes underscored in a series of Senate speeches Over the last two weeks by sen. Barry Coldwater a Ariz. The committee s chairman and sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., its ranking democratic member. Both men arc known As staunch support ers of a Strong military. Goldwater said the . Is broken and needs an Over he in a future War he said Rwjr pc Magon s flaws will cause America Motie needlessly and May cause us Toja no  the report said Pych problems Are not unique to the Ujj Jugan administration but have  in every conflict since  american War. They included problems of by maid like those experienced in the soul invasion of Grenada in 1983. In that operation army officers on the Beach discovered that they could not request Artil Lery support from Navy ships offshore be cause inc radios used by the two services were incompatible. The staff re porn identified 34 separate problems it said arc robbing the . Mili tary of its strength. In also made 91 specific recommendations for change. The panel planned a series of hearings on those recommendations and was to consider possible legislation Early next year. The report singled out the joint chiefs of staff charging that in is unable Loade quaely fulfil its responsibility to provide useful and timely unified military a Vic cd a the president. National Security and Secretary of  the primary cause of  can be traced to inc  interest created by the  of the five members of the Jour briefs responsible for coverall  operations also head fir resp Coji oct vices it said. The present joint chiefs sys the benefits of retaining informed chiefs of the army s and air Force should said Why Marine dedicate their Quiri Ajjie to the responsibilities of those posts. An advisory Council Coni Josed of a chair Man and a four Star office Noami each of the services should replace the us chiefs As the principal military advisory Ingup to the president the report said. The report recommended giving chairman of such a Council the authority to provide advice on his own. The report said that under the present system the chairman of inc joint chiefs of staff now Navy adm. William Crowe is merely one officer among equals with no authority to give Independent military advice to the president. The Kurt docs not Call for any further reductions in defense spending. Al the Pentagon where off yet to Sec the full report up Sims said the general conc a is that re forms arc needed Vii Hierta tech with our recent . Speaking a Dpi fax it Sims said there has t by can put to in from this  relay Caspar Weinberger minute briefing on the study last i signs said according to up. To the Best of my knowledge the re port this lengthy study is. A staff study by a Small group within the Senate armed services committee that has been presented to us Only in a 40-minute briefing by its principal author who is a staff Mem Ber Sims said. Sims said Weinberger asked for backup data to support the study s conclusions but has yet to gel it. We really find that the Only Hing so far that it offers Are sweeping conc Lesory comments to the effect that things arc terribly wrong with our military and need to be fixed he was quoted by up. These kinds of conclusions without the data to Back them up Don t match up with our recent experience where last thursday we had a military Mission assigned by the president on very Short notice to our Mili tary forces which was carried out with skill excellence  a reporter suggested that the incr cup of an egyptian Airliner carrying Hijack ers so tried a relatively Small event to justify the Ugan administration s is trillion defense by step. Up reported. I m not if Cito do that Sims said. I just said this a ii Gap shot that gives you an idea what our  to do in the present Day environmental 64 74is 78 42 61 61 86 30 63 51 61 53 5? 51 59 69 8? m to 49 60 64 76 51 626i 71 ?9 a Bolbos Buffalo burling Charlesl Chari est Chicago can clone Cleveland Dallas fort Denver Dei Mollei Detroit Fairbanks Fargo Hartford Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas Cly Lai vegas lilt Rock. Ill Tolland. On. Idem Eno. Louis. 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