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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, July 28, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july2b. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 Hay on the Way inmates of the Indiana youth Center l Indianapolis move Bales of Hay late last week from trucks to Railroad boxcars. The Hay was donated by Indiana Fann ers to teed starving livestock in South Carolina. Southern banners Are faced App Ola with a desperate drought  have come too late to help. Hassan quits As Arab league president Rabat Morocco up moroccan King Hassan ii resigned sunday As presi Dent of the Arab league because of pro its from Arab countries to his Surprise Summit last week with israeli prime minister Shimon Peres the official moroccan press Agency said. Hassan had been president of the Arab league which includes 11 nations plus the Palestine liberation organization since a Summit in september 1982. Ii was during that Summit in Fez Morocco that the Arab leaders agreed on their Basic conditions for peace with is Rael an israeli withdrawal from lands seized during the 1967 Arab israeli War and recognition of the Plo Hassan asked Peres during their talks last tuesday and wednesday if he would agree to those two conditions. The King said Peres refused. The moroccan press Agency said the King resigned following the unfavourable reactions to his hosting of Peres Al his summer Palace in i franc in Central Morocco. Syria severed diplomatic relations with moroc co the moroccan embassy in Beirut was stormed by moslem fundamentalists and the Plo Algeria and Libya condemned the talks. A spokes Man for the Tunis based Arab league had called the talks a Media coup orchestrated by Peres to Sway israeli and Western opinion. Egypt welcomed the initiative. Hassan 57, resigned in a letter Roarab league Secretary general cd Coli a Jib. The letter was released sunday by the government press Agency. He said in the letter that he did not want to endanger the holding of an extraordinary Arab league Summit. Under Arab league rules the group s president organizes and hosts the next Summit and countries angered by the King s talks with Peres could refuse to go to a Summit if held in Morocco. The Plo in its wednesday condemnation of the Hassan Peres talks said the next Summit should be held in Algeria prompting speculation that the nex Tarab league president would be Algeri an president Chad i bin Jedi other speculation has entered on Tunisia As the Host country for the nex Tarab Summit. Political observers said that by re signing the King has freed himself from the constraints and publicity of the Arab league presidency and May now pursue More talks with Israel. Peres said on his return to Israel that he believed More contacts would be held wit i Hassan on reviving the Middle East peace process. Arab league members include Algeria Bahrain Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Qatar. Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab emirates Yemen South Yemen and the Plo. Grenade explodes of . See in Manila suburb Manila Philippines Dpi unidentified men tossed a fragmentation grenade at the compound housing the joint United states military assistance group shattering six windows but Caus ing no injuries the first such incident against an american military installation since 1970, police said sunday. Maj. William staub jus mag duty officer reported to police that the Inci Dent happened at 9 55 . Saturday. The jus mag Headquarters is in the Manila suburb of Quezon City. In a two paragraph statement the . Embassy said the blast caused no injuries to jus mag personnel. Some windows were broken and minor damage to the exterior of the build ing was reported the statement said. The embassy deplores this Wanton act of violence. The incident is being investigated by philippine police author  the grenade attack was the first since 1970, when a homemade bomb exploded at the compound but injured no one at the height of Ami american demonstrations before inc declaration of martial Law in 1972. The grenade explosion gouged a shallow Hole about 2 feet in diameter in the Lawn 5 feet from the Chain link Fence near Gate 4 in front of the jus mag administration office. Six Glass windows of the building were shattered by debris. Witnesses reported that the grenade was hurled from a car without a License number. Police investigators said there were at least two men inside the car. No one has claimed responsibility for the incident. Jus mag was formed under the 1947military bases agreement covering the strategic Clark a. Home of the 13th air Force and Subic Bay naval base a re pair and logistics Center for the 7th Fleet. Its function is to coordinate with philippine military authorities on american military assistance to the Manila govern ment. A  
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