European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 20. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 by Thomas l. Friedman new York times y Assn Arafat s International Onditi in ibo on greatly damaged by the Achi  Flau. Atco Jiny a both Arab and israeli anal soul  last politics the Iri ily.1of.  us the  ruin a -.tup. C it in  Yiu a led Hir   be Aivil government Syria and Jordan Hae taken the a own Mol revenge on  Tiv net result a Spears to to that the  peace initiative of february no appime., to be in Jinp Gurjy. Along with whatever else remains of the current Middle fast peace process the syrian and jordanian blow   came in the form ule  innocuous communiques issued in Ca Masats and Amman fief each spoke volumes about the state of syrian and jordanian relations with the i o  in the aftermath o Tho Achille Lauro . What both the syrians and the jordanians told  through these terse messages. Arab and israeli political . Say War. That they Are led up with him. Each Lor their own reason Syria because it believes Arafat in. Lit tiny with  sponsored Pence initiatives and Jordan because it believes Arafat is blunting in Hio support Lor the very same initiatives. The syrian signal to Arafat came in the form of a Brief announcement from Damascus the morning that a body which american and italian officials later identified As that of Leon Klin Gholor. A slain american tourist from the Achille Lauro had washed up on a Beach near the syrian City of Tartus. Syria is a police state the israeli and Arab analysts noted and when it is in the interest of the authorities there the discovery of a body can easily be covered up the body found near Tarlus certainly would not have been the first corps to have suffered an unreported burial inside Syria or syrian occupied Lebanon. But far from covering up. The syrians immediately announced their discovery. Then with what the political analysts called thoroughly uncharacteristic efficiency and cooperation. They turned the body Over within hours to the us. Embassy. According to the Arab and the israeli analysis the syrians had More than n humanitarian gesture in mind. Their actions were clearly designed to compound the embarrassment from the Achille Lauro at Lair Lor Anatal As Well As or an associate of his Mohammed Abbas the palestinian Leader sought by the United Stales As the Mastermind of the hijacking and Tor president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt Allol whom Are enemies of the syrians. Israel has released a partial transcript of a ship to Shore Telephone conversation Between Abbas and the hijackers of the Achille Lauro that Israel said proved Abbas was in control of the terrorists at least during one stage of the crisis. Abbas Heads the Palestine liberation front a faction of the Plo the Best Way for the syrians to undermine Arafat s relations with the United states and make sure that the americans won t want to include him in any peace initiative said Asher Susser. An expert on the Plo at the mayan Center of Tel Aviv University was by turning Over Klinghoffer s body. The syrians could have buried the body and no one would have known the  killed by terrorist Leon Klinghoffer photo at top in wheelchair on the Achille Lauro he was partly paralysed because of a stroke. Mohammed Abbot above left head of Palestine liberation front it wanted by . In connection with the hijacking of the italian liner at right Plo Leader Yasser Arafat Arafat s stature damaged by ship affair it is Clear raid Anul Merari an israeli expert on tenons at Tel Aviv . That the Sanaii i Are enjoying Tho Lal limit Iriri the Achalu i ruin Inual it even niori.1 than Isiah  they did rut produce the  y by  a. Iphy have suddenly Drewlo pct i  no  lie . It just All serves their purport so Well " they Don t like  Meran cent med and they Don t like Chr Way Jordan and f a yet have tried to bring him into a dialogue with Trie Anu scans delivering the  a Way Tot 1lie syn ans to drive another Nail into Arafat s  commentary in the syrian press supported this analysis arguing that the Achille Lauro incident and the British refusal to moot the two Plo ref Teszi lives Only served to expose the futility of the   approach of Arafat. King hire Ein of Jordan and Mubarak As Oppold to the hard line nationalist approach of Syria while the syrians have tried to  the event of the last week to help ruin Arafat s diplomatic standing the jordanians have viewed the events a a catastrophe the signal the.1 jordanians seem to have doused to sent the i o chairman is that if he docs not get his House in order arid pursue a consistent diplomatic line he can Slop looking to Amman to escort him into the peace pence/.,-. The jordanian signal came in the form of a communique issued by a senior  in Amman alter Britain s torn Ign Secretary sir Geo Leiy . Announced that he would not to me ii Raj in London with the two i o representatives because they refused to sign a previously agree i upon statement renouncing violence and accepting Israel s right to exist a spokesman for Arafat declared that the Plo never had agreed id sign such an explicit statement As a condition for the talks that View might have been widely accepted had not Jordan issued a statement that supported the British interpretation and discredited the Plo explanation Susser. The Plo expert said had the jordanians not said anything. Anatal would have been off the Hook. I think it should be seen As an implicit threat to Arafat that the jordanians Are getting fed up with his tactics and May begin to look elsewhere Tor legitimate palestinian voices to Lake part in negotiations i e. West  it is no Accident say Arab political analysis in Benet that since the israeli a strike again-., the Plo Headquarters in Tunis on oct 1. The jordanians have ult Rod barely a word of condemnation of Israel or the United states or raised a single voice in their press in support of Arafat. But it is a Loo Early to say thai the Achille Lauro attain is going to leave Arafat permanently out in the cold according to Arab analysis of the Plo. An Arab editor in Beirut said the Bottom line Tor now is Stilt that King Hussein needs Arafat Lor Protection and the americans still believe Arafat is the key to palestinian participation in any