European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes. N is Christmas colouring contest starts today Page 3 g German military celebrates 30th anniversary Page 9 d today s Dollar buys 2.55 Marks other rates Page 27 authorized unofficial publication Poh the . Armed Force vol. 44. No. 223 wednesday november 27, 1985 i Dom of d 8693 a Mubarak links Libya to hijacking egyptian president says he knows who is behind this Cairo Egypt a president Hosni Mubarak said tuesday that Libya s connection to the Egypt air Hijack ing u Srery Clear and that a Leader of a terrorist group that commandeered the plane to Malta was staying at a hotel in Libya. Related stories. Page 2. A foreign ministry spokesman said earlier Egypt had sketchy information on alleged libyan involvement in the hijacking. The maltese government said 59 persons were killed when egyptian commandos stormed the plane sunday night to end the ordeal. One american woman was shot to death earlier. Mubarak briefing reporters for the first time since the hijacking drama unfolded said the hijackers of the Boeing 737 belong to a renegade palestinian group. The egyptian Jet was seized saturday night on a flight from Athens Greece to Cairo. Mubarak said one of the group s leaders is staying in the grand hotel in Tripoli the libyan capital. The libyan connection is very Clear but i Don t want to say definitely until i reconsider the situation Mubarak said. Libya has denied involvement in the hijacking. Mubarak refused to identify the palestinian group that allegedly carried out the hijacking. Asked if the ringleader was Abu Nidal a palestinian who broke away from the Palestine liberation organization Mubarak said i know who is behind this but i can t speak openly. There will be a Lime for  Mubarak said Egypt took the decision to storm the aircraft after All efforts to establish a dialogue with the hijackers failed. The Pilot told Malta Airport please do something they re going to kill us All " Mubarak said. If we had been any later they would have killed a Large number of people. If there had been any possibility of a dialogue we would have waited for two or three  Security sources speaking on condition of anonymity. See Hijack on Page 28 . Jets reportedly were Sef to intervene by Norman Black Washington a the United Stales seeking to prevent any interference in Egypt s efforts to resolve a Hijack crisis in Malta scrambled Jet fighters from an aircraft Carrier across the Mediterranean to Sicily informed sources said monday. The planes which were ordered from the aircraft Carrier Coral sea to Simonella a on Sicily were prepared to intervene if any attempt was made by Libya or any other Mideast country to prevent a unit of egyptian commandos from flying to Malta the sources added. No Effort was made to interfere with the commandos flight sunday and the . Planes played no role in the affair. The egyptians stormed the plane Sun Day night but the terrorists set off Gre Nades and scores of passengers were killed in explosions and gunfire. An american woman was killed by the terrorists before the Rescue attempt and 59 died during the , officials said. Egypt has not publicly accused Libya of complicity in the affair but government sources in Cairo have said they believe Libya planned the hijacking. The commandos stormed the plane 24 hours after the hijackers commandeered the Boeing 737 on i flight from Athens Greece to Cairo and forced it Down at Luna Airport on Malta. They had arrived about eight hours earlier on an egyptian air Force c-130 transport plane. Both Abc and lbs on monday night reported the movement of american planes. A Pentagon official who demanded anonymity confirmed the move saying it was part of an Effort by the United states to ensure that no one interfered with Egypt s efforts to resolve the crisis. A second source while refusing to Dis cuss details said the United states had taken prudent contingency  the Pentagon declined comment Mon Day saying it could not discuss operational movements of ships or  according to the sources the Carrier Coral sea was in the Eastern Mediterranean far from Malta when the hijacking began saturday evening. Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in formed Washington that he would order the commando unit to act before allowing the hijackers to seek a Safe Haven else where a source said. That prompted the . Pledge of cooperation and orders to the Carrier Coral sea. One source said the Carrier sent several f/a-18 fighters and e-2 Hawkeye radar planes Westward to Sicily which is South of Italy and just North of Malta. It could not be Learned monday whether the Navy jets and Hawk eyes were Actu ally in the air while the egyptian c-130 flew to Malta or merely on standby on the ground. The sources also refused to Dis close How Many jets were sent to Sicily. One source said the egyptian flight was closely monitored however As it flew across the Mediterranean to Malta. The operation in some ways resembled the successful interception of an egyptian Airliner the same plane involved in this Hijack on oct. 11 by Navy f-14 fight ers. The Airliner was being used to Fly the hijackers of the cruise ship Achille Lauro out of Egypt. . Fighters forced the air liner Down at the same air base on Sicily. A Pentagon source said monday night that he could not discuss the details of the latest Mission in part because of sensitivity Over the use of is Goncola. That air base is a nato facility he explained and Egypt is not part of nato. Slate depart Mcnol officials disclosed sunday Hal the uni cd so alas was pledging cooperation and appropriate assist Ancelo Egypt in resolving inc crisis. Secretary of state George Shutlz during a television interview had also suggested thai inc Way to get after these people is to get after them Wilh both  . Government officials refused at the time however to elaborate on what assist Ance if any they were offering. Faust resigns As notre Dame coach by Joe Mooshil Chicago a embattled notre Dame football coach Gerry Faust resigned tuesday five years after taking Over the Irish program for the 1981 season and failing to produce the results Hal made him one of the nation s most respected and successful High school coaches. It s Besl for the University Best for me and my family Faust said in announcing his Surprise decision during a weekly telephonic news Confer ence from South Bend ind. Faust 50, said he informed notre Dame s president the Rev. Theodore Hosburgh of his Deci Sion monday night. It s Best for me to resign now to give the University an Opportunity to get another coach before recruiting starts next week Faust said. The Irish Are 5-5 this year the final of Faust s five year contract Wilh a game Sal urday at Miami. In four previous seasons at notre Dame Faust compiled a 25-20-1 Mark and took his 1983 Irish squad to the Liberty bowl and the 1984 team to the Aloha bowl. He was the Losi Gesl coach in the school s history a marked con rail to his remarkable 18-year career at Cincinnati s Moeller High school where see Faust on Page 28 coach Gerry fiust suspects lacking in car bombing of shopping Center by the stars and stripes Frankfurt German officials tuesday said they had no suspects in sunday s car bombing thai injured 35 people Al the . Shopping Center. We still Haven t determined the Type or Quantity of explosive used in the attack said Alexander pre Chloel a spokesman for the Federal prosecutor s office in Karlsruhe. Nor have we received any tips about the identity of the two men who allegedly bought the Bow Hal was used to transport the bomb he said. One victim was released from the army Hospital in Frankfurt tuesday and two others remained hospitalized in Good Condilor hos Pital spokesman Bill Swisher said. A composite photo of the alleged car buyer which was shown on National television has nol led to any Worth while tips and no one has taken responsibility for the blast Prechtel said. Police have said the two men might have been from the Middle Easl. The palc Sline liberation organization denied respond see bomb on Page 28 photo of suspect