European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes saturday february 22,1986 used of Dov Tehran Iran a Jet fighter shot Down Ai Domestic flight Between curried at least 46 iranian official sail the official iraqi n tary spokesman in bag claim. The Agency in spokesman As saying sheer  the a inc Iran said thursday an Iraq iranian passenger plane on a Tehran and Ahwaz. The plan and All were believed killed an s Agency quoted an iraqi Mill lad Iraq As denying the iranian in Torch in Cyprus quoted athenian reports in this respect Are idd cd that iraqi air attacks were confined to military i gets along the War front and in Southern Iran. Fhe United nations Ramaie Kho k that he believes there were 46owned plane in addition to the n to believe anyone survived he Iran s ambassador Tassani said in new v passengers aboard the Crew. There is no Recai  ambassador sail Ahwaz and wreckage of Khorasani said he d take the necessary act  he said Iran is Firmin  an investigation team ambassador said. Iran s official islamic Fokker Friendship Airliner time. It had been Chancre airlines and carried severs representative of iranian , the news Agency said Irna identified the Kotol islam Fadhl Ollah Mah guard  Bahrain persian Gull condition of anonymity Safont car Friendship used by the plane crashed 11 Miles Fromin a nearby Village not expect the United nations Toto punish Iraq Tor this criminal Miles Southwest or Tehran Iraq have been fighting a intensified with an iranian ring passenger Jet determined to even accounts i sent to the crash site the Public news Agency said thes shot Down about noon local by Iran s Domestic Assemany embers or parliament and a Ler Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho Leini representative As Hoja Lagi of the revolutionary aviation sources who spoke on the plane was a Turboprop n for military  is about 60 a flast of Iraq and about 330 he iranian capital. Iran Nadir Der War for 5vi years that a naive that began feb. 9."rwrn sides reported increased activity by their air Force if wednesday despite bad weather on the War front. Ira claimed to have shot Down four iraqi fighters while Iraq said it downed one iranian Jet and a four engine c-130plane used As an airborne radar command Post. Of the two combatants Iraq generally is considered to have the Superior air Power. Meanwhile iraqi forces that recaptured maj noon is land unleashed a barrage of howitzer mortar and rocket fire in an attempt to contain an iranian offensive and Dugin for an expected counterattack. Maj noon was captured during an iranian offensive two years ago. By recapturing the Southern maj noon Oil Field better known As the greater maj noon the iraqis regained control of four Oil Wells whose proven reserves were Esti mated at about 8.s billion  gunners pounded iranian positions around the Oil Field in an apparent attempt to prevent an expansion of the j offensive. They deployed 40-barreled soviet Buill rocket launchers and a variety of howitzers and mortars in the i barrage against the iranian forces. Pm a Sov efs ready of agree of on site inspections Geneva Switzerland up soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev formally declared the soviet Union s readiness thurs Day to accept on site inspections to Monitor a total ban on  a message to the 40-nation disarmament conference Gorbachev said a comprehensive test ban could in our opinion be come a turning Point in the efforts to eliminate the nuclear  the soviet Union for its part has Bee doing All it can to help achieve this goal he said. In particular it is agreeable to the most strict control Over a ban on nuclear weapons tests including on site inspection Sand the use of All achievements in Seis Molo  United Stales has always argued that on site inspection would be crucial to preventing a Clandestine underground nuclear test being passed off As a natural Earth tremor. Such verification previously was rejected by the soviet Union on grounds it would provide a cover for espionage. Gorbachev s message to the conference which has been discussing the test ban Issue for the past 23 years was brought to Geneva and read by soviet Deputy foreign min ister Georgy Kornienko. Foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze had originally been scheduled to make the trip but remained in Moscow because or the impending communist party Congress Western diplomats said. Gorbachev repeated his demand for Amend to the . Strategic defense initiative or Star wars which is aimed at devel Oping space based defences against nuclear  of the program he charged would inevitably Spur on therms race in every  Mankind has approached a watershed in its history when it has to choose which Road to follow Gorbachev  it will overcome the inertia of the past when Security was regarded above Allin terms of a position of strength and of military and technological solutions or twill remain hostage to a race in in Clear chemical or in future other equally Awe some weapons he said. Gorbachev referred to his Jan. Is proposal for the step by step elimination of All nuclear weapons by the year 2000, and said it is Only fair that the first crucial step be made by the two major  said the soviet Union is interested no less than other states in control an verification of nuclear and conventional . A comprehensive nuclear test ban top the Agenda Gorbachev said. He noted that the soviet Union s current unilateral moratorium on underground tests expires on March 31. It now depends above All on the unite states whether the moratorium will continue to be in effect and whether it will be come bilateral and then multilateral he said. All except underground tests were prohibited in 1963 by the partial test ban treaty. Trilateral .-soviet-British talks on Complete ban began in 1977 but were Bro Ken off by president Reagan when he assumed office in 1981. Byiers launch new space station Moscow a thursday launched a new space station nth is designed to become the primary building lock of a permanently manned Orbital Complex the official Tass news Agency said. The space station named Mir or peace has six Docking ports to accommodate other Craft ferrying in cosmonauts and su1 " it also contains advanced equip flight control and research soviet  Brief film clip of the  Central asian Cosmo rtl2 29 a.m., but Little detail of the new space platform was visible. Cosmonauts will be sent up to work in the Complex after it is run in Spacet Fei tag Edgen. Alexei duty chief of Centeral Dafoe the  Agency Callope for assembling a Multi Puri a gently operating manned  the pilotless phase of its flight in Low Earth orbit Tass said testing i planned of elements of its construction on Board systems and  Mir also has separate Cabins for Cosmo nauts and specialized research areas for sex _. Astrophysics. Pass said. No details were n in the Tass report of the station s size or weight or the probable length of time it would remain aloft. Conov said that with Mir practice allies has now entered a new stage Jato a transition from research and  scale production activities in outer up Mir is the second so ref. Currently in orbit. Salyul-7 was laun1982 and is orbiting without a Crew at pre sent. Collar and a Toronto d Vancouver a supp him by Jha aug Date pm Molly Doudy a partly Cloudy a to oud l rain i Tow. Reagan from Page 1 we see a Chain of events similar to what happened Here we hear the same excuses made for the communists White the people of Nicaragua see their Freedom slowly but surely eaten  told grenadian i will never be sorry that i made the decision to help you and said the United states must help those struggling for Freedom in  the cause of Liberty All free people Are part of the same family he said. We should stand together As Brothers and Sis ters. If we do the nicaraguan people willbe Able to free themselves from communist tyranny and win the Liberty you now enjoying  the president said we won t be satisfied until All the people of the americas have joined us in the warm Sunshine of lib erty and  crowds cheered Reagan s motorcade As i wound through the Hilly Lush Countryside in 82-degree weather. Women waved bouquets of Flowers and danced at Reagan passed. Alister Hughes a Veteran grenadian journalist who has covered Many political gather Ings Here estimated the crowd at the speech Atmore than 20,000 and said it was the largest he had Ever seen on the  a visit of barely five hours Reagan met with the Island s governor Paul Scoon and with prime ministers of nine English speaking democracies in the Eastern Caribbean before his speech to Island residents. Posing for a picture with the prime ministers on the Steps of the governors mansion Reagan was asked if he Felt like a hero for having preserved democracy in Grenada. Don t Embarrass me he replied. I did fire a  on oct. 25, 1983, a 6,000-member  invaded Grenada and removed a Mili tary Junta that had seized Power six Days ear Lier. Reagan described it As a Rescue Mission for about 600 american students at  s University medical school Campus. Air Force one landed at Point Saline inter National Airport scene of some of the Strong est resistance to the invading is. Army rangers and marines from cuban soldiers and construction workers armed with Auto Matic rifles. Twenty four cubans were killed in the fighting. The speech site. Queen s Park in downtown served As a command Post or the american Force. Reagan also visited a seawall Overlook ing the Beach where is. Forces stormed ashore to reach american students whose safety he said was threatened. One of Reagan s own military aides  Peterson who landed the second helicopter on the Beach briefed the president on what had happened. An aircraft Carrier stood off Shore for the president s visit and a helicopter hovered above the Island to keep surveillance of Reagan s motorcade. In his speech Reagan portrayed Cuba As a International menace and said president Fidel Castro s tyranny still weighs heavy on the shoulders of his people and threatens the peace and Freedom of the  the bidding of his faraway masters he has shipped Cuba s Young men by the thou Sands to fight and die m faraway lands Rea Gan added. When one recalls the tons of Mili tary equipment captured Here we can thank god things were changed before Young Gre radians too were sent off to fight and die for an alien  Reagan maintained that Castro has turned a once thriving Economy into a Basket