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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, April 22, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday april 22, 1986 downed full sent to soviets paper says by United press International the american full fighter bomber downed in the . Air raid on Libya was pulled from the sea and ship Ped to the soviet Union for technical inspection an Abu Dahabi newspaper reported sunday. The newspaper Al itt had quoted libyan sources As say ing the bodies of the plane s two crewmen capt. Fernando l. Ribas Dominicci 33, of puerto Rico and capt. Paul f. Lord acc 31, of san Francisco also were recovered from the sea and arc being kept in the libyan capital of Tripoli. Al itt had published in Abu Dahabi the United Arab emirates said the full wreckage had been found and salvaged from the sea off the coast of Libya a major weapons customer of the soviets. The full an advanced plane that fires laser guided bombs was the Only one unaccounted for after . Planes hit Tripoli and the port of  Early tuesday in retaliation for libyan support for terrorism. Libyan officials put the death toll from the . Attack at 37, including libyan Leader Moa mar khad Afy s adopted 15-month-old daughter but Western diplomats believe As Many As 100 people May have been killed. Libyan radio broadcasts called for attacks on. Britain which allowed the United states to use bases on its soil As staging areas for the air attack. Calling Britain a principal party in the recent . Aggression against Libya the radio said it is the duty of the Arab nation to punish it Many times Over so that it realizes that the age of imperialist empires is gone forever and the age of the people has  repercussions of the . Attack forced the evacuation sunday of americans and britons from Beirut and Khar Toum. Anti american demonstrations were reported throughout Western Europe. Some 32 britons and at least two americans were evacuated from mainly moslem West Beirut to Christian East Beirut sunday. In Khartoum 130 people most americans were evacuated to Nairobi sunday because of fear of. Retaliation. Another group of 177 non essential . Embassy person Nel dependents and Aid workers were airlifted out of Khartoum Friday. More than 90 pacifists were arrested in a series of anti american demonstrations at military bases in Britain Sun Day and More than 1,500 people marched through the streets of Brussels shouting Reagan  in Spain 10,000 demonstrators marched through bar Celona demanding the removal of four american bases in Spain. A group of 300 marchers threw rocks and a Gaso line bomb at the american consulate. Services held for 2 . Fliers lost in raid on Libya by Dave Diehl . Bureau Raf Lakenheath England out Side the Flag flew at half staff. Inside an f 111 fighter sat symbolically among the hundreds who came to Honor this base s heroes who did t return. It was fitting that a hangar not a Chapel was where Pilot maj. Fernando l. Ribas Dominicci and his partner capt. Paul l. Lorenec were remembered Mon Day by those who flew with and lived among them. The men and their plane did not return from last week s bombing raid on Libya. The same jets used in the april 15 raid took off without bombs to Fly the missing Man formation in homage to the fallen air men. Ribas Dominicci and Lorence both As signed to the 48th tac fighter Wing did t come Back from the april 15 Mission in Libya. The air Force has officially listed the two As killed in action. More than once the families of the two airmen were asked to look behind them and see the hundreds of people who came out to pay final respects. They gave their lives in defense of Liberty  ambassador to Britain Charles h. Price ii told those at the service. Suspect from Page 1 special Loo member commission of Berlin and . Military police. A 21-year-old american army sergeant and a 28-year-old turkish woman were killed in the explosion and 230 people were injured 63 of them americans. The discotheque was known As a popular hangout of american servicemen based in Berlin. . Government officials citing irrefutable intelligence information linked the disco attack to terrorists supported by Libya. The Berlin bombing coupled with an april 2 bomb blast aboard an american airline Jet Over Greece that killed four peo ple led to the punitive . Air raid on Libya april 15. . Diplomatic sources said they Learned of the palestinian s arrest shortly after it was made Friday. We have been working closely with the West German police on the investigation and Are keeping up with developments said one . Official. The official confirmed that a palestinian was arrested by Berlin police but refused to elaborate. The Hamburg based Bild said scores of people who were in the discotheque when the bomb went off identified the palestinian without doubt in police lineups. Bild said sketches of restaurants discotheques and other Public places in Berlin popular with americans were seized by officers who arrested the palestinian. The clues Are very hot. This is no empty Shell Bild quoted an unidentified High ranking Security official As saying. Berlin police chief Manfred Kittlaus de Nied that draft sketches of Public places were seized. This is not Correct said kit Klaus without elaborating. President Reagan and German Chan cellar Helmut Kohl have both said there is hard evidence the disco bombing was orchestrated by the libyan embassy in East Berlin. A week after the blast German television quoted unidentified Western intelligence sources As saying the libyan Leader Moa mar khad Afy used a palestinian extremist group to carry out the bombing so that Libya would not be blamed. An estimated 500 people were jammed in the la Belle discotheque in Berlin s Friede Nau District when the bomb exploded on the Edge of the dance floor. . Military and diplomatic installations in Berlin and elsewhere in Western Europe have boosted Security since the bombing. Berlin police have stepped up spot checks of foreign diplomats crossing into the City from East Berlin reflecting concern the at tack might have been plotted in the East. Police also started random identity and baggage checks of third world nationals Gorbachev from Page 1 he said. Gorbachev then expressed Readi Ness to meet with Reagan but said he would not allow negotiations to be used As a  we Are ready for this meeting. Unfortunately such readiness is not for the moment evident in Washington which is act ing in quite the opposite direction he said As quoted by soviet television which also carried his speech. A Day earlier Gorbachev had told re porters in Potsdam that he was ready to meet with Reagan if the United states did not continue to Poison the  he kept up his criticism of Reagan Mon Day charging that the United states piratical action against Libya had not Only failed to take notice of world Public opinion but of the majority of its nato  Gorbachev who arrived in East Berlin last wednesday has used his Public appearances to Issue a variety of statements and proposals on disarmament and East West relations. Western diplomats had expressed sur prise that he came to East Berlin the Day after the . Attack on Libya. But now they say his visit apparently was at least partly motivated by the desire to Appeal to the West europeans while they were upset with the United states Over the air raid. Gorbachev s suggestions that troop Levels and conventional weapons be reduced have already met with a positive response in West Germany where Chancellor Helmut Kohl on monday described the proposals As a step  foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher and defense minister Manfred Woerner have also said the Gorbachev offer should be carefully  after his speech to the workers monday Gorbachev attended the closing session of East Germany s party Congress where president Erich Honecker was unanimously re elected communist party chief As anticipated. Honecker has headed the party and government since 1971. Gorbachev was scheduled to return Home tuesday. Reagan from Page 1 Greece and the terrorist attack last Decem Ber on the Rome Airport. Reagan said the talk for even stronger military action against Libya came during . Ambassador Vernon Walters whirl wind trip to West european capitals in which he informed Allied leaders of Rea Gan s decision to strike Libya following the fatal bombing of a Berlin nightclub. We found that some of them were Sug Gesting that not that the answer be Noth ing of that kind but that we look seriously at together real major action against Libya Reagan told his questioners. Some of them suggested that. If we were going to resort to Force that then per haps it should be a wider based and a More All out Effort to change the libyan  he noted that this has simply been in conversation with some of our representatives that have been Over there and added i think it would be the kind of thing they would want to talk about at the Summit As to whether we had reached that Point or  Reagan said he also Hopes to discuss whether the other industrialized democracies want to hold an International Confer ence to discuss ways of stabilizing currency fluctuations on International markets. Asked if he or his wife Nancy had considered cancelling her plan to travel separately to Malaysia and Thailand while he is in Asia Reagan said i worry when she goes around the  but he added there had been no talk of cancelling her trip. I have Confidence in those who Are plan Ning our Security that if there were some specific threat they would Jet me know Reagan said. Arriving in Berlin via subway from he East. Western authorities had Long avoided such checks to uphold the Western allies principle that Berlin is a United International City despite the communist built Berlin Wall that cuts through its Center. West Berlin a Western enclave sur rounded by communist East German Terri tory is administered by the three postwar Western occupation Powers the United states Britain and France. East Berlin the City s former soviet occupation zone is the capital of East Ger Many. Temperature april 20 l h42 78 40 7330 43 56 6832 60 43 6847 61 53 7439 75 31 3845 65 46 7156 70 55 7149 58 49 6048 57 52 7540 68 42 5847 56 15 3831 44 73 8857 72 47 5446 82 44 6852 87 . 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 Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las vegas l h 54 64 64 92 53 62 71 76 38 79 41 54 57 68 62 77 47 64 40 80 45 7440 58 41 70 55 64 67 98 27 57 43 78 51 80 35 77 50 61 62 82 40 64 57 86 58 84 48 69 49 70 48 89 48 65 39 72 Little Rock los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Beach mils St. Paul Nashville new Orleans new York Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha Philadelphia Pittsburgh Phoenix Portland Maine Portland Ore. Raleigh Reno St. Louis St. Petersburg Salt Lake Cit san Diego san Francisco Seattle Syracuse Tucson Washington Wichita Europe in weather forecast for tuesday mostly Cloudy to Cloudy skies will cover All of Germany and the Benelux. Rain in All areas but less frequently in extreme Southern Germany and the Western Benelux. High temperatures in upper 40s to mid-50s, lows in the upper Jos to Mld-40s. Sunset tuesday 8 30, Sunrise wednesday 6 16. Outlook for wednesday skies will remain mostly Cloudy with frequent rain showers and Little change in temperatures. Temperatures recorded monday 4am 4pm 4am 4pm Adana f Amsterdam cd Athens f Aviano m Berlin p Bremerhaven Brussels m provided by 63 77 41 48 Copenhagen r 54 64 Frankfurt r 43 61 London cd 43 57 Madrid r m 41 55 Munich m 41 57 Paris r Rome m det. 13, 7lh weather so 25 46 43 52 41 46 48 54 41 63 43 54 45 59 Graben other worldwide temperatures High Low High Low Cairo cd 86 58 Montreal cd 63 36 Dublin cd 46 39 Moscow cd 52 41 Helsinki r 39 34 Oslo cd 41 32 Jerusalem cd 82 54 Toronto f 63 36 Lisbon f 61 46 Vancouver r 48 45 supplied by the associated press of fair cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy a mostly Cloudy a rain  
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