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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Barging in Burgundy see stripes Magazine q of suspends Galaxy charter flights Page 7 n fair weather flying in Turkey pages 8,9 n today s Dollar buys 2.33 Marks Page 23 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 342 thursday March 27, 1986 is Dom and sunday d 8693 a honduran soldiers Rush to Border in . Copters by the associated press Washington . Helicopter pilots began transporting honduran troops wednes Day As a buildup of nicaraguan troops was reported on Nicaragua s Side of its Border with Honduras the White House said. The announcement by spokesman Larry Speakes came amid concern by the Reagan administration that Nicaragua might be prepared to Send an invasion Force into Honduras twice the size of the 1,500-Man contingent that reportedly crossed the Bor Der Over the weekend. ". Military forces in the Region Are conducting an Airlift of troops this morn ing Speakes said. The helicopters Are. Flying now. There Are reports of sandinista troop reinforcements on the nicaraguan Side of the Border with Honduras and there is a question of what their intent  it is hoped that the honduran troop deployments in the South will deter the sandinista troops from moving into honduran territory once again Speakes said. One of the goals that the hondurans have is to head off any further sandinista troop  the spokesman said the incursion Over the weekend resulted in significant casual ties on the first Day of the fighting and the situation has not  we have reports this morning there is a sizable contingent of nicaraguan forces that remained inside Honduras he said. But nicaraguan officials said american see copters on Page 24 Libya urges suicide attacks on . Interests by the associated press Libya s state radio wednesday urged arabs to launch worldwide suicide attacks against american terrorist embassies and other . Interests. Hard line Middle East states and palestinian groups joined in the Call for Libya to resist what they called american aggression. See related Story Page 2. Neither Libya nor the United states re ported any hostilities wednesday two Days after clashes began Between libyan forces and . Warplanes during american a Nevers in the Gulf of Sidra. Libyan Leader Moa mar khad Afy claims the entire Gulf and has vowed to defend it against incursions. The United slates regards most of the Gulf As International Waters. Associated press photographer Giulio Broglio said there were no signs of military activity wednesday in Tripoli the libyan capital. Nothing is going on that you can see. People Are going to school and to work he said. Libyan radio monitored by the British broadcasting corp. In London said of he roes of our Arab nation let your missiles and suicide cells pursue american terrorist embassies and interests wherever they May  it accused . Embassies interests and companies of terror of spying on the Arab masses and plundering their wealth. We smoke and flames spew from a libyan patrol boat in the Gulf of Sidra was attacked by a . Navy Jet in retaliation for libyan missiles fired at a photo tuesday after it . Planes. Shall be lying in wait for the american Power mania As we always have been it said. The broadcast urged the Arab nation which Means arabs of All countries to transform itself into suicide squads and into human bombs missiles and aircraft to deter and resist terrorism and destroy it for  earlier wednesday a Radical palestinian group Abu Nidal s Fatah revolutionary Council issued a statement in Damascus Syria declaring anything american has become from now on a target for our Revo  the United states blamed Abu Nidal for last december s Airport at tacks in Rome and Vienna Austria where 20 people died including five americans. . Officials say the clashes began Mon Day when Libya fired six missiles at . Planes based on carriers conducting Maneu vers near Libya. The officials say no Ameri can planes were damaged but . Fighters hit four libyan boats and a missile site on Shore in retaliation. In Moscow soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev said the United states showed its Imperial Bandit face in the clashes with Libya. Khad Afy told Abc news on tuesday it is a time of War a time of confrontation. And we have decided the Gulf of Sirte Sidra is ours. We have decided this by see Libya on Page 24 we were attacked and we attacked7 by Robert Leonard Naples Bureau Naples Italy a Navy airman involved in Mon Day s sinking of libyan patrol boats said wednesday he regrets that libyans were killed in the Mediterranean skirmish. I think it is fair to say that any military aviator regrets the necessity of having to kill people the air Crew Mem Ber said in an interview aboard the aircraft Carrier Saratoga. In the heat of action you Don t have time to think about that he said. Afterwards it seems to me that it certainly is regrettable that libyans have been killed. We recognize that they have families friends in their Home country and we regret that the actions of their govern ment Nave resulted in the necessity of our government to take action against them. We recognize that they Are human beings. We deeply regret that they have to be  the Navy allowed four airmen to be interviewed by Pool reporters aboard the Saratoga wednesday but would not release their names for fear of reprisal against their families. A second airman told reporters America gets shot at and that is wrong. They be paid the Price for it. We were attacked and we  another airman involved in the air strike said every thing was perfectly controlled there was no confusion on our part. We were doing what we were asked to  the fourth airman said they were tense because some body has made a hostile act against your forces you have to expect that they re prepared to do the same thing to you therefore you Are attentive to the Job at hand in trying to execute the procedures that we Veall trained very carefully to do to protect ourselves and also inflict damage on him. It s a complicated  the attacks on the libyan patrol boats were ordered when the libyans began closing on our forces vice adm. Frank b. Kelso ii said on Board the Saratoga wednesday. We did nothing to provoke such an action there was see attacked on Page 24 ,".-.-. V ,.,of Tyr " v -.,  A. " " "."= " ". V / a ,7.- ".". =  " la. A.-. "  
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