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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday april 13, 1986 . Seeks backing for anti terror drive Washington a president Reagan has sent his . Ambassador to Western Europe for consultations on terror ism. In another move to rally support for his policy against sponsors of terrorism Libya in particular Reagan will Confer in Washington with German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher the state depart ment said saturday. The ambassador Vernon Waters was in London during the weekend meeting for anti terrorism talks with prime minister Margaret Thatcher and he is expected to make other stops said Charles Redman a state department spokesman. Walters a former Deputy director of the Cia is expected to meet with ministers of the italian government in Rome on Mon Day. This week Rozanne l. Ridgway the assistant Secretary of state for european affairs will meet in Paris with Allied representatives to plan for Reagan s economic Summit in Tokyo in mid May. A . Official said the session with the representatives would focus on terrorism an Agenda item for Reagan s meetings with the leaders of Japan Britain Canada France Italy and Germany. Most of the europeans Are very reluctant to do anything said the official. France has expressed caution even about issuing a statement at the Summit denouncing terrorism. Ridgway May go on to Bonn from Paris for further talks with the germans the offi Cial said. Reagan received a measure of diplomatic support from Germany Friday when Chan cellar Helmut Kohl identified Libya As a suspect in the bombing of the discotheque. But Kohl suggested at a news conference in Bonn that others May also have been involved thereby flashing a note of Cau Tion. The German Leader sent Genscher to Washington for the talks Early this week with Reagan and Secretary of state George Shultz. The German government last week expelled two libyan diplomats suspected of being implicated in the discotheque attack. But Germany has resisted . Appeals to close Libya s embassy. At the request of Spain and Italy the ministers of the european Community will meet this week for a report from Genscher on his talks with Reagan and Shultz an official said. Meanwhile lawmakers of both parties say they want the president to consult with Congress before ordering military action. Sen. Richard Lugar r-ind., chairman of the foreign relations panel sent a message to Shultz asking him to appear before the committee As soon As possible in Light of the Maneu vers in the Mediterranean and indications that there is under discussion retaliation for the bombing in West  two gop senators and six House Mem Bers told Reagan in a Telegram the War Powers act is Crystal Clear in requiring that you consult with Congress before not after military action is initiated and that you consult fully and substantively not in a pro forma  allies from Page 1 Bassy in East Berlin May have been involved. Boon refused to say whether West Berlin police had been asked to target libyans or other foreign nationals in the City. He gave no details on How the ejections would be carried out in the City. We have Given the West Berlin police information that is necessary to carry out the request. But 1 can t give it to the Public because it could impinge on the effective Ness of the measures he said. The libyan people s Bureau or embassy in Bonn saturday called on Kohl to pre sent any proof for the allegation he made Friday that there were indications of a libyan role in the bombing. The people s Bureau in Bonn declares that the allegations of Chancellor Kohl have no basis in fact and that the people of Libya Are not connected in any Way with this attack or similar actions it said in a statement. On Friday the German newspaper Bild reported that a libyan terrorist crossed into West Berlin and left Days before the discotheque attack but a police spokesman on Friday said the libyan identified Asmo hammed Yasser Chr Aidi was not a suspect Libya from Page 1 enemy which extends from Tel Aviv to Washington via nato the radio said. Libya will therefore have to enter into military alliances and to apply its existing alliances and might even have to go further and make use of the Warsaw pact forces in confronting this imperialist zionist aggressive  the soviet led Warsaw pact links the armed forces of the soviet Union and its Eastern european allies. The soviets Are Libya s chief arms supplier. On Friday the official Jana news Agency quoted khad Afy As saying that his country is ready to attack any country in Southern Europe in response to a threat from the whole of  the dispatch did not specify what threat khad Afy referred to. In another dispatch saturday Jana said the people s committee of the people s Bureau for foreign Liaison the foreign ministry summoned the ambassadors of nato countries in Tripoli Friday evening. The dispatch said the ministry referred the ambassadors to statements made by nato officials indicating possible support of the Alliance s european members if the United states carried out military action against Libya. In the bombing. The Komman Datura is the supreme authority in Berlin the former German Capi Tal divided into British american French and soviet sectors after the nazi defeat in world War ii. Technically the soviets Are still a Mem Ber of the group but they no longer participate in meetings. East Germany declared the former soviet zone East Berlin its capital but the Western allies have never formally recognized the capital status. The Komman Datura made its decision Friday and issued it to West Berlin police saturday morning Boon said. Because the Komman Datura is the City s top authority the local police must comply. The Allied statement said the measures Are exceptional and provisional and do not affect the principle of Freedom of movement throughout  it said Al lied authorities would continue to review the Security situation. Pact from Page 1 assigned to a similar Mission inside West Ger Many. The missions were created after world War 11 by All four occupying Powers the United states the soviet Union France and Britain to facilitate cooperation. Over the years however they have evolved into what amounts to sanctioned military intelligence offices. . Mission officers Are provided special id cards and License plates for their vehicles and can travel anywhere within East Germany except for posted restricted bases. The United states has charged that Nichol son and his Driver were in a non restricted area when he was shot without provocation by a soviet sentry from a nearby training base. The United states has further charged that the sentry and other soviet officers refused to allow Nicholson s Driver to administer first Aid after he was shot. The soviets have denied those contentions claiming that Nicholson was in a restricted area and ignored warnings to halt. Nicholson who left a widow and child was posthumously promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. A defense department source said the soviets had stressed during the negotiations that their sentries were permitted to use Force against unidentified intruders. But anything that helps instruct these Guys How to identify our people should help the source added. We believe that if the soviets provide instruction to their soldiers on who the Mil itary Liaison Mission Mem members Are How to identify Mem personnel where they Are authorized to go and what they Are authorized to do and what to do if one should come across an Mem member this can significantly protect our Mem Mem Bers the Pentagon said. The Pentagon said the new agreement was strictly bilateral Between the United states and soviet Union although the British and French Are aware of the  extremist from Page 1 urday. He said no other suspects were involved in Friday s shooting. In the holdups the group would be wait ing for the guards and would just shoot them. They were ruthless. They were dangerous said Al Carballosa a metro Dade police spokesman. The suspects William Matix 34, and Michael l. Plait 32 were killed during Friday s confrontation with Fri agents be Hind a shopping Center in the suburban unincorporated Community of Kendall. The suspects behaviour their use of Auto Matic ,223-caliber weapons and fatigue clothes similar to those worn by survivalists suggest ties to extremist groups sat urday s editions of the Miami Herald quoted an unidentified Fri agent in Washington As saying. Neither Matix nor Platt had Ever been arrested police said. A woman who rented a House from Platt told the Herald he was an All around Nice person. An excellent  Matix and Platt Are believed to have killed two people and shot at least two More during the armoured car and Bank holdups including one Holdup Jan. To police said. In that Rob Bery a Brink s messenger who stopped to make a pickup at a Bank was shot in the Stom Ach by a Man wearing a ski mask. Witnesses said a second Man got out of the Grogan Dove assailants car and standing Over the bleeding courier fired two More shots into him with an automatic Rifle. The men then lifted two Duffel bags from the armoured car and fled into a Kendall neigh boyhood just blocks from Friday s shoot out. The Brink s messenger is recovering. The car Useo was traced to Emilio Briel 25, who was reported missing oct. 10 after failing to return Home from a trip to a Quarry on the Edge of the Everglades that is used for target practice authorities said. Briel still has not been found and is presumed dead. And detectives said the two also May be linked to at least two known shootings at the Quarry. Fri director William Webster said the Agency is investigating possible ties Between the men and terrorist or revolutionary groups. Two agents wounded Friday were in serious but stable condition saturday at Baptist Hospital a nursing supervisor said. A third was in fair and stable condition at South Miami Hospital. Temperatures april 11 l h32 44 51 7116 31 39 7438 47 37 4739 39 35 7827 58 34 4829 38 33 3951 73 43 6231 66 32 6332 54 55 6340 65 37 7333 61 -6 2943 68 29 4671 84 53 7030 65 46 7844 72 53 85 Albany Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Buffalo Burlington Charleston . Charleston . Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas fort Worth Denver Des a Oines Detroit Fairbanks Fargo Hartford Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las vegas l h 54 73 58 74 41 70 63 75 52 88 33 69 37 73 41 75 38 47 40 66 49 67 43 72 54 78 38 47 32 51 37 46 38 50 31 46 32 71 37 70 44 74 56 75 44 35 57 68 52 65 42 47 31 41 51 85 39 51 43 70 Little Rock los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Beach mils st. Paul Nashville new Orleans new York City Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland Maine Portland Ore. Providence Raleigh Reno st. Louis st. Petersburg Salt Lake City san Diego san Francisco Seattle Syracuse Tucson Washington Wichita european weather forecast for sunday mostly Cloudy to Cloudy skies with rain and Snow mixed in the Benelux and Western Germany. Elsewhere partly Cloudy becom ing mostly Cloudy with scattered Light Snow by Midnight. Highs in the mid-30s to Low 40s, lows in the mid-20s to Low 30s. Sunset sunday 8 16, Sunrise monday 6 35. The Outlook for monday continued Cloudy skies with rain Snow at higher elevations. Temperatures will be warmer. Temperatures recorded saturday. 4am 4pm 4am 4prn 61 75 Copenhagen m 25 38 25 41 Frankfurt p 25 36 57 70 London r 38 43 48 43 Madrid p 36 45 25 38 Munich s 27 28 i 25 36 Paris s 8 34 27 39 Rome p 50 59 Adana p Amsterdam p Athens p Aviano r Berlin p Bremerhaven p Brussels p provided by Del. 13, 7h weather so Graben Trarbach. / other worldwide temperatures High Low High Low Cairo f 91 64 Montreal r 45 28 Dublin r 46 34 Moscow cd 39 36 Helsinki f 36 23 Oslo f 38 26 Jerusalem f 82 61 Toronto s 43 32 Lisbon r 55 48 Vancouver r 45 41 supplied by the associated press of far cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy a mostly Cloudy a Snow a ran  
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