European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday april 2, 1986 French observers to pull out of Lebanon Beirut Lebanon a French observers tuesday pulled out of the truce observation posts they had occupied in and around Beirut since 1984 and will be with drawn from the country lebanese police and French officials said. The sudden withdrawal of the truce Force triggered speculation of a breakthrough in efforts to free some of the frenchmen held captive in Lebanon. A foreign ministry statement in Paris said the withdrawal of the observer Mission was not linked to the hostage drama but was made because the situation in Beirut has changed and the Force could no longer fulfil its Mission. These observers have accomplished for two years at the Cost of the greatest Sacri fice an efficient action appreciated by All the parties the statement said. Seven officers and two enlisted men who served in the French observer Force have been killed during the two years it has patrolled Hills cast of the lebanese capital and the Green line that separates Beirut into Christian and moslem sectors. The evolution of the situation there no longer allows them to fulfil their Mission As it should be. That is Why it has been decided to end it the statement said. Police said the French terminated their cease fire monitoring operations at 8 . And pulled out from All monitoring posts immediately a spokesman for the observation Force who requested anonymity said the unit would be evacuated from Lebanon within the next few Days. Christian and moslem radio stations voiced fears that the abrupt withdrawal would help rekindle a new round of All out civil War in Lebanon. The observer Force was deployed in Bei rut at the request of president Amin Gem Ayel s government in 1984 after a multinational Force made up of . Marines and soldiers from France Italy and Britain ended its 17-month peacekeeping Effort. France ruled Lebanon until 1943. The White helmeted observers abandoned Beirut s two highest skyscrapers on the dividing Green line and a Hilltop position near Gemayel s government Palace in sub Urban Baarda from which they had monitored the cease fire for the last two years. The abandoned skyscrapers were the unfinished 40-Story Murr Tower on the mos Lem Side of the Green line and the 25-floor Rizk Tower in Christian East Beirut. The Hilltop position was at Sib nay 5 Miles East of the capital. The French also dismantled two Check Points they maintained on the mid City museum crossing on the Green line facing their Headquarters at the palais Des pins. Police sources said the observer Force probably would be evacuated by sea from the Christian port of Jounier 12 /2 Miles North of Beirut. Beirut Airport and highways leading to it Are All controlled by shiite militias. The foreign ministry said the implementation of the pullout had been discussed with a committee involving the various factions in Lebanon s civil War. A television Crew from France s an Tenne-2 station was abducted in a shiite controlled neighbourhood of West Beirut on March 8. A group calling itself the revolutionary Justice organization believed to be made up of 10 moslem zealots claimed responsibility for the abduction and issued a statement March 14 condemning Frances bold faced it was accompanied by photostat copies of two of the frenchmen s identity cards. In addition to the French to Crew the shiite extremist organization islamic jihad or islamic holy War kidnapped four other frenchmen in Beirut last year. They demanded a cessation of French arms supplies to Iraq. France has shipped an estimated $4 billion Worth of weapons to Baghdad since the Gulf War began in 1980. Islamic jihad claimed it killed one of the hostages research analyst Michel Seurat 37, on March 5 and produced photographs of what it claimed was his body. But his body never was found and there was no Independent confirmation that he had died. Many a human head has been spinning at the Prospect of a Majestic wedding. And soon Many a worm will be spinning for he creation of a Royal garment. Rearing its regal head one of the elect haughtily surveys its surroundings before beginning its task spinning the Royal dressmaker a photo Siik for a special wedding dress. The silkworm is one of 12,000 at Sherbourne England Given the special assignment. The dress of course will be that of Sarah Ferguson who is to become the Bride of Britain Sprince Andrew on july 23. I khad Afy shocks libyan students orders burning of foreign books Tripoli Libya a libyan Leader Moa mar khad Afy has shocked hundreds of students at Libya s big Gest University by demanding a ritual burning of English and French textbooks As part of his Campaign to a abide the country. He also ordered the closure of the English and French departments at Tripoli s Fateh University. The students watched the burning of the books on their Campus sunday. Libyan television on sunday night announced the clo sure of the two departments and said the books were burned but it Only showed footage of an anti foreign demonstration by about 30 students. However Many of the students protested. After prolonged negotiations with government officials they persuaded the authorities to keep open the 1,200 Strong faculties of English and French but on the under standing that first year students will have to abandon their courses immediately and that no further students would be accepted for these departments according to interview with the students. In the English department of the University hundreds of textbooks and English novels that survived the burning were being packed into cardboard boxes monday afternoon while students spoke angrily about a Hadaf decision. A woman third year student of English shaking with emotion shouted with tears in her eyes can you imag Ine that they burned our books How could they do that she said on sunday morning that the education min ister told an angry crowd of students at the University that the closure was necessary because Only arabic should be taught in universities. But English is part of my culture the woman student went on. I can t just let it she was constantly interrupted by classmates who were fearful she would be Over heard and disciplined. I m not afraid she shouted. I have something Burn ing inside me and i want to find myself. Our education i bad and it gets worse every on monday morning the education committee did agree that third and fourth year students of the English and French faculties could continue their studies. World today woman faces charges for killing Man during attempted suicide Taipei Taiwan up a 21-year-old lovelorn woman who jumped from the 12th floor in a suicide at tempt but hit and killed a food Vendor has been indicted on charges of manslaughter by negligence. The Taipei prosecutor s office said he Yumei was responsible for the death of the Vendor because she failed to make sure there was no one below when she jumped from a window on the 12th floor. He had argued that she thought the Man would have moved away by the time she hit the ground. She said she wanted to kill herself because her Fiance wanted to break off their engagement. She also said she had threatened earlier to sue the Ven Dor because he interfered with her Freedom to take heroin life. If convicted he could be imprisoned for two years. Pacemaker recipient/3 months Home from British Hospital Birmingham England a a 3-month-old boy believed by doctors at Birmingham children s hos Pital to be the smallest and youngest patient Ever fitted with a heart pacemaker has been released from the hos Pital officials said. Mark Clarke weighed just 6 pounds when doctors implanted a tiny pacemaker measuring slightly More than an Inch across. It was flown in specially from Ger Many. He used to be so Pale but now he has got Lovely Rosy Cheeks said Esther Clarke As she left the Hospital Wither son. A pacemaker keeps a weak heart functioning normally by periodically stimulating it with minute electrical impulses. Mark had been diagnosed As having a defective heart before he was born. His heart was pumping at Only 50 beats a minute instead of the Normal 110. Need for office space in Tokyo blamed for 53.6% land Price jump Tokyo a the value of commercial land in Central Tokyo already some of the most expensive patches of real estate in the world has jumped by More than 50 percent in the past year the National land Agency said. The Agency in an annual report said that As of Jan. 1, posted land values throughout the country were up 2.6 percent from a year earlier while the Cost of land in 1 Okyo s Mam business districts soared 53.6 percent. The most expensive strip of land in Japan was at the Mam intersection of the fashionable Ginza shopping area with a posted value of 25 million yen $139,000 per Square meter Agency officials said. They attributed the Sharp jump to the demand for 01 lice space partially created by an increase in foreign companies setting up shop in the City
