European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday december 3, 1985y j wow   iu-jmu.,  seminar studies terrorism from its roots attacks on americans in recent years form a very Clear picture. N "j"iw9ba�iia of Floc ii Ink � by Gnirss a Saks staff writer Darmstadt. Germany terrorism has struck h Nie Tor americans Marsens vhf it  just a Story on the evening news is now exploding on military bases and in the parking lots of american facilities.  weekend stud cols from main Wiesbaden. I Frankfurt. Heidelberg and Darmstadt gathered Tor a i Niver Siu of mrs i my sponsored seminar on  Lional terrorism. They studied terrorism from its roots in recent incidents in Malta and the bombing of the   Center in i Frankfurt. I think it tells a hit about what s been going on Here in Clerman spec. 4 mar Ion ale said. I m inter ested in it because of the activities around Here. I m in the army and i want to know what these people Are fighting fur. Liver since i be been Here i be fell threat ened now i feel a Little  "terr01 ism is not sporadic George Nebrell. An economist who has studied the financial backing of terrorists told the group. The attacks in americans in recent ears form a very Clear  he said the Primar targets were slate department employees and the military. He  most terrorism is sponsored a five coun tries the Hig two and the Little  Irun and Libya arc the big two the Little three arc North Korea. Cuba and Nicaragua Neblett said.  Leader Moa mar khad Afy is reported to have paid tin Palestine i liberation or Ani action $10 million for their role in the 1972 Munich olympics massacre and $2 million to Rich Ramirer. Sancho. A terrorist know As Carlos the jackal for capturing and holding hostage optic ministers in Vienna in 1975, he said. Nib lilt said the number of  incidents is rising. He said there were 500 incidents worldwide in 1983, my in i"k4. And the number is expected to reach 1.000 this year. Not Only arc the numbers increasing but the blood Ness is also  he said. However he said the total body count and Cost of damage Are less than one would expect. He said the number of dead due to terrorism in inc Hist 20 years is less than the number of people who will be murdered in the United states this year. He also said More Money is lost in a year s Worth of shoplifting than through Damuc because of terrorism in the last 20 years. Terrorism gets the headlines he said. It does t gel the  a representative of the German Federal police who was not identified for Security reasons do an anti terrorist expert addresses participants of a seminar on terrorism at Cambrai Frisch Cavern Darmstadt. Scribed the Structure of the two major terrorist groups in Germany. He said the red army faction Raf has its roots in the late 1960s, when student radicalism was grow ing on German campuses. It has a  hard Core of about 20 to 25 people. Beyond that arc a support group he called the  who air up trouble at demonstrations. Vic said there arc a out 200 people in this category. Beyond that is the support group 2,000 people who provide Safe houses and other forms of support. The revolutionary cells arc isolated groups in Dif Ferent cities who Lead double lives. They hold regular jobs committing their crimes at night and on Days off. He said it was easier to make arrests where the Raf is concerned because once you have a Lead there Are trails you can follow to the top to the hard Core. In the cells isolation protects the terrorists from each other. Rvin if a whole group was arrested in one City the other cities groups arc left intact and operational. He also talked about the terrorist network the alleged connections Between groups. He said As a policeman he could Only show evidence of logistical sup port. An example he gave was explosives stolen from a Quarry by a belgian group. Another group used these explosives in one action. In an arrest of yet another group explosives from the same stolen lot were found. Nib Lett said there arc three kinds of terrorists the crusaders the criminals and the  the crusaders arc out to save the world the criminals consider themselves under another Law and Don t think of themselves As doing anything wrong. Crazies arc psychopaths who have found a group in which their actions arc condoned and rewarded. He said the methods these terrorists use generally fall under six categories. The most often used method is the vehicle bomb. After that arc assassinations armed assaults including Bank robberies Kidnap pings barricade and hostage situations and hijacking. No bleat called terrorism a tool for the politically weak and said the intended victim of the violence May not be the target of the terror. Terrorism in t new he said. " it was around a Long time before Christ was born and it will be around a Long time after we be turned to  350 of me capsule passengers re enact Clipper flight san Francisco up the China Clipper ii has carried a cargo of living history ils passengers on a time capsule flight re Cna cling the glory Days of aviation Over the vast Pacific. Among those aboard the modern jumbo jul that last week re enacted the first trans Pacific crossing of the Clipper Hying boat were the four grandsons of Charles Lindbergh who mapped the route in the 1930s for pan american. Al Wright the son of Early aviator Chauncy Chan Wright went along on the 50th anniversary Celebration of the Clipper ships. So did space shuttle Alro Naul Henry Hartsfield Guam Congress Man Ben Blaz. Author James Mich nor and c. Edward Acker chairman of pan Ameri can airlines. Bui the real Story was the pioneers aboard who built and manned the bases thai permitted the four engine Martin-130 seaplanes to carry mail and passengers on an 8,210-Milc route from san Francisco to Honolulu to Midway Wake Island Guam and Manila in the Philippines. John b. Cooke 75. Of Penn Valley calif., was the radioman who signalled the Takeoff of the first flying boat from san Francisco Bay nov. 22. 1935. He and his wife Isyl also 75, were the first couple to live on tiny Wake Island and they had t been Back in five decades. It brings Back a flood of memories up photo  radioman John b. Cooke and his if Isyl stand in front of the China Clipper. Said Cook when the pan american Boeing 747 jumbo Jet landed on Wake Island air Field near the Coral reefs where the Early seaplanes used to land. Mrs. Cook said she gave birth to their son on Midway the Lisl child Ever born on the atoll. "1 was a Guinea pig she said. They wanted to Sec if a woman could survive it out Here. I  Cooke and his wife were both Able to escape from Midway prior to ils capture by the japanese on the Day Pearl Harbor was attacked. The China Clipper ii anniversary flight carrying about 350 people stopped at each of the original Landing Sites for ceremonies. In Hawaii a plaque was unveiled at Pearl City while a Navy band played. On Midway. Wake and Guam Brief speeches were made and in Manila mrs. Imelda Marcos wife of inc philippine s president Marcos joined the group for two evenings of gala activities. The China Clipper ii jumbo Jet covered the route from san Francisco to Manila in 17 hours 40 i nulls with four stops com pared to 59 hours 48 i nulls with for stops by the original China Clipper sea plane. Ironically the trip was the last such anniversary flight in inc Pacific for pan american. The Pacific routes pan Ameri can pioneered and flew for Over half a Cen Tury were sold to United airlines and the company will be pulling out of the area at inc beginning of the year. C. Edward Acker pan am s chairman told dignitaries at every Stop that he planned to have the airline Back in inc Pacific someday when limes arc Butler. This flight is a Salute to the past and to the pioneers of pan am he said. Perhaps there is a certain irony but we re nol Cele Brating a route we re celebrating a sense of courage spirit and  John g. Borger a retired pan am vice president of engineering from Tenafly n.j., recalled How he helped build the land ing and refuelling facilities at the stepping Slonic bases of Midway and Wake iwo uninhabited Dols on the map. Everything had to be brought in by cargo ship including two prefabricated hotels he said. We built a Railroad line to bring the 55-gallon fuel Drums ashore from inc reefs. It was quite an undertaking and quite an  he said there was Only scrub Brush and rats and gooney Birds for company. Guam congressman Ben Blaz said the re enact men flight was like being in a time capsule. It All want logo one More time on a Scenti Mcnola journey Inlo inc past he said. This trip has Given us Hal