European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 28 news briefs bomb kills at least 16 at Airport in Afghanistan Islamabad Pakistan a at least 16people were killed and Many were wounded when a bomb guerrillas hid in a suitcase exploded in a crowded waiting area at an Airport in Eastern Afghanistan. Was Lorn diplomatic sources  bomb exploded aug. 11 at the Jala Labad Airport in Eastern Afghanistan. The Airport handles civil Ian and military air traffic. Afghan guerrilla groups based in Peshawar near the Pakistan afghan order also reported the Airport bombing but said they understood about 12 people had been killed. Guerrilla officials who did not want to be identified  bomb was hidden in a suit Case by one of their sympathizers. They justified the action on grounds thai the Airport is a Mili tary target German City warned before bomb explosion marburg Germany a terrorist on tuesday put up a warning sign and cordoned off a Small area before a time bomb they had plan Ted exploded causing major damage at a Bank office. Police said no one was injured in he 4 . Blast in marburg a City in Central Germany Best known for its University. Caution danger a bomb  sign on the Iron Gate of the Bank s parking lot marburg police chief Adolf Walter Schuerg said. The bomb was tied to one of the Bank s win Dows with a rope and the surrounding area was cordoned off with red and White tape probably to warn  Schuerg added. He said political motives May be behind the bombing thai caused an estimated 150,000propcny damage. Experts doubt soviets will join Gatt talks Washington not the Gorna tons of the general agreement a Koffs and Trade Are not expected to let Tatj Loviet Union join in a new round of Globe file talks inter National Trade experts said Muday. But instead  of the soviet Union s request to psf Lopate made earlier this month in  the Trade ministers of  nations Are Likely to seek further Nina lion about soviet Trade intentions fall by Vignau at this Point Are negative said a Khan administration official comment whether the ministers would a ant the request at their meeting beginning sept. At Punla Del Este Uruguay. Social democrats pick Rau for Chancellor s race Nuernberg a West Germany s opposition social democrats nominated Johannes Rau As their candidate for Chancellor tuesday after he pledged to end a Star wars agreement with the United states and Tell the United slates to take its nuclear missiles Home. The left leaning party s decision at a Congressi Nuernberg pit Kau the governor of Nord Hein westfalen state against staunch . All Chancellor Helmut Kohl in National elections next january. The party delegates vote for Rau was 425-1,Wilh three abstentions. Polls show the spa will have an Uphill Battle in its attempt to win the Chancellor s Post in voting next Jan. 25. Kohl a conservative Christian Democrat supports the american Star wars project. Heals started the deployment of 204 .-built pending ii and cruise missiles three Yean ago despite polls showing two thirds to three four ii of germans opposed them. Kohl has charged rail s party Wilh being anti american a charge Rau vehemently denied on  can say without any touch of hypocrisy 1 am a Friend of America s. But Friendship meant equal rights Rau said he said he supports the nato Alliance Bueno in recent missile deployments in Germany. Wednesday August 27.1986 Navy shifting ships sailors to meet North Pacific threat Anchorage Alaska up a major shift i Navy opt talons increasing ships and sailors in the North Pacific to meet a growing soviet presence was announce monday by Navy Secretary John f. Lehman or. A myopic Bias of looking eastward has Bee dropped and the soviet Pacific presence is recognised As substantial he  Navy has a new Northern naval strategy involving Alaska Lehman said in a speech to the common wealth North organization West of Alaska he said in the raring sea the United states and the soviet Union have a common Border some of which is in dispute. Most of the Navy s Pacific Fleet has used san Diego but Lehman said san Francisco Bay and Seattle s puget sound will become increasingly important ports. Alaskan Waters will become a staging area for naval exercises. His goal Lehman said is to disperse More of our Leet farther  we arc now conducting exercises several times a Yearin the Gulf of Alaska and Northern Waters Why because that s increasingly where our National interests lie anywhere the vulnerabilities the soviets Are beginning to focus on lie and that s where we have to be the naval air station at Adak in the Aleutian islands soon will Sec a buildup. Lehman said. Major naval exercises began this summer in Alaska and will in  think you All Here Are going to see a continuing Stream of sailors and become a lot More familiar wit the Navy in the decades ahead than you Ever have been in the Pis Lehman said Alaska is now a fundamental part of our naval strategy because of a growing economic importance and military importance that is Manifest by first and Foremost the presence of soviet ships in your water Snow on a continuing basis that was never there be fore he said. The soviets were i Marti than we were As a government in recognizing the importance of this area and the Northeast Pacific and the Pacific rim. We have been very slow to do   myopia of the past policies so totally focused on the Middle East and on Europe a Strong natural Bias on the East coast to look eastward no longer dominates Navy planning he  new attention to Lite soviet Pacific flee and to the Northern Pacific Waters is a major shift of  Lehman said. It would be premature to talk about any specific about increasing . Naval installations in Alaska he said. But i believe they arc coming because the focus As i have outlined is a relatively new realization of thelast few  Cameroon from Page 1 quoted the Rev. Fred Tern Horn a Catholic Mission Ary in the disaster area As saying it was As if n Neu tron bomb had exploded destroying nothing but kill ing Alj life. In the first Village we went through we saw men women and animals stretched out dead on the ground sometimes in front of their Huls or in their Beds sometimes on the  Hiya ordered the dead buried immediately to Avert the threat of disease and he said troops were trying to prevent people from entering the disaster area the president who poured the disaster site sunday Laid he had been told the Gas has subsided but added still we have to be  an explosion deep in Lake Nios about 200 Miles Northwest of Yaounde apparently cracked open the Lake Bottom and released the gases Friday night Hiya said. He did not elaborate on the nature of the explosion which apparently was a Volcano like geological phenomenon some heard the noise but did not realize poisonous fumes were released Hiya said. Others fled and sol Diers were helping Many leave including the 10,000 inhabitants of the nearest own Wum officials said. The Rev. John ambe a Catholic priest working inthe area told the British broadcasting corp. In a radio interview that he had visited people hospitalized Athum who told stories of As victim being buried in mass Graves. The nature of the Gas or Gasa involved was not immediately known. A government announcement sunday  Gas was Hydrogen sulfite but some volcanic experts said it was More Likely thai cock Tail of gases including colourless odourless but deadly Carbon monoxide was blown from the take Over he nearby villages. Hiya said Cameroon needed International assist Ancelo Cope with the catastrophe and that Israel France the United Stales and West Germany had offered Aid. Refund from Page 1 Fong of Stuttgart. As it is they be got of Ami enjoy Tours ambassadors out  Honig one of three co owners of the  company said Naf Sac determined the amount of the refund without explaining How it arrived at the figure. 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Naf Sac contracting officer Hal Moore confirmed that his Agency had worked with enjoy Tours to Settle the matter but he declined to give  said that White Loun sometimes produce complaints i d say in the command we Nave a record of having customers that an generally satisfied 1 he encouraged dissatisfied customers to place their complaints through proper channels. If something � wrong Mil the Lour they re sup posed logo Back immediately to the itt office thai made the booking he said. If they gel no satisfaction further complaints can remade to the Deputy commander for Community personnel activities then the Deputy Community com Mander he said. Syria from Page 1 Climax of stale  the . Air raids were carried put in retaliation for the bombing of a West Berlin discotheque in which two american Soldier and a turkish woman were killed. The joint communique also denounced the visit by israeli prime minister Shimon Perez last month to Morocco for talks with King Hassan. This visit is a treacherous deed and a Challenge Roarab nationalist feelings it said. The two leaders agreed that Arab Unity is the historic and decisive answer which will strengthen the possibility for struggle and resistance Lite communique said Assad and Qadhafi held three sessions of talks in Benghazi after the syrian Leader Lew there sunday Toran unannounced visit Syria and Libya Are the Only Arab Aliis of Iran in its6-year-old Gulf War with Jim. Source id Damascus earlier reported that Assad and Qadhafi sought to find ways of defusing the escalating Gulf War