European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday september 8, 1986 soviets charge Daniloff with espionage Moscow api american reporter Nicholas Daniloff was charged with espionage sunday in a Legal proceeding at Lef Onovi prison said Jeff Trimble a correspondent for Daniloff Magazine . News � world report. Daniloff 52, a Moscow correspondent for the newsmagazine had been jailed i Ghoul charges Sinco his arrest aug. To. . Officials in Washington have and reported efforts by the Reagan administration to win his release. Foreign ministry spokesman Gennady Gerasimov on sunday told lbs tvs face the nation program if you think he is innocent we can icam pretty soon because there is going to be a trial. Ger Asianov spoke from Moscow via satellite. Daniloff who has reported for . News & world report in Moscow since 1981, was arrested moments after a soviet acquaintance gave him a packet later found to contain secret maps and photo graphs. His wife Kush maintains that he was framed. Pravda the communist party a Cusp per claimed sunday that Danilli Lotf worked for the Cia and that inc United states it using the Case As an excuse to frustrate soviet-. Talks. In Washington . News & world report said saturday that president Rea Gan has sent a message 10 soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev assuring him thai Mantlo twas not a spy and urging that he be released Gorbachev received the Mes Sage Friday but did no immediately re Spond said Jim Kilpatrick a senior Edi Tor at the weekly Magazine. Mrs. Daniloff has claimed that her husband s arrest was in retaliation for inc aug. 23 arrest of a soviet . Employee on espionage charges. Witnesses soy 1 or 2 terrorists fled synagogue Istanbul Turkey up wit Nesses and survivors of the terrorist at Lack at a synagogue that killed 22 worshippers said sunday two gunmen escaped the Temple disputing the govern ment s report All were killed in o grenade blast. There were four said Gabriel Saul 16, whose father was killed in inc attack. One of them was about 22 to 23 years old of medium height wore sunglasses and seemed very nervous. I saw him running away from the Syna Gogue after the attack the gunmen sprayed machine gun fire and threw grenades on worshippers As morning prayers were under Way in he Neve shalom orthodox synagogue a which reopened for Sabbath prayers sat urday. Witnesses and israeli officials said he gunmen poured gasoline on their victims and Sci them ablaze. Authorities have not said which group they suspect car ried out the attack. Three Arab groups claimed responsibility for inc attack israeli prime min ister Shimon Peres vowed sunday that Israel would retaliate saying the jew ish people Are determined to strike the murderous Interior minister Yildirim Akbulut said the attack was most Likely carried Gui by the two unidentified gunmen who were killed inside the synagogue when their grenades exploded. But witnesses disputed the report. I saw four women escaping then i heard gunshots in the synagogue said Gal est a turkish Muslim employee of a shop opposite the synagogue in Istanbul s jewish sector. Then 1 saw two men running away on turkish journalists said the govern ment version of the massacre might be a ploy to put off guard any gunmen who fled by not confirming they Are searching for them. Officials said heir Best information on the attack came from 17-year-old Hafi Saul whose was with his brother when their father died in the massacre. The youth told police he heard the attackers addressing each other in a language that sounded like arabic. The groups claiming responsibility for the attack were the Lebanon based fundamentalist islamic jihad the internationalist fighters front and inc Palestin Ian revenge organization. Victims from Page 1 him in the Hospital in order to keep them together. Page told a. More than 100 other injured Passen Gers remained in four Karachi hospitals because their conditions were too serious for them la be evacuated or because they. Choster to remain to Pakistan stale department spokesman Michael austrian said. Austrian said communication with the Karachi Airport was difficult and details of the nationalities of the injured Passen Gers were sketchy. Richard Burl the . Amass Lor to Germany and Michael Newlin a Deputy assistant Secretary of state boarded the medical evacuation plane shortly after its 3 10 . Touchdown. In a Short statement after viewing the wounded Burl called the hijacking a despicable and outrageous ocl. He praised the 613 photo by l Emmott Lnu .1. Is. Ambassador Richard Burt left mid assistant Secretary of slate Michael Newlin. Government of Pakistan saying that it is important for like minded countries to work together against terrorism in Uganda libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi saturday denied that Libya was involved in the hijacking and called the incident an atrocity up reported. He lot reporters at a stale House news conference in Entebbe Uganda that there was no justification in their asking about any libyan involvement in the hijacking. They the hijackers should be kept alive so thai we know who they Ore their motive and Why they committed such an atrocity the up quoted Qadhafi As saying. Pakistani officials meanwhile issued conflicting statements about the Fate of the four hijackers All believed to be palestinians. Some said All four survived. Others said one was killed and three sur Vived one of whom was wounded. The gunmen wearing the uniforms of Airport Security workers seized the air Craft with nearly 400 people aboard Early Friday. They initially demanded to be flown to Cyprus in a move to gain the Freedom of palestinian terrorists jailed there. The hijacking ended 17 hours later when the lights went out inside the air Craft and the hijackers fired at passengers and hurled grenades. The commandos gained control of the aircraft half an hour after the shooting began. Four american military planes filled with . Hijack specialists were on their Way to Karachi before hijackers opened fire on the passengers and Paki Stani commandos retook the plane a pakistani official told up saturday. The a reported sunday that five Security personnel at the Karachi Airport have been suspended on suspicion of negligence in the hijacking of the pan am jetliner. Senior officials of the Security Force announced that two officers and three troopers of inc Karachi Airport detachment were suspended. The five had been assigned to guard the Gale through which the hijackers drove the Van said the officials who spoke to the a on condition of anonymity. The head of the Airport Security Force at Karachi International Airport Brig. Tariq Rafi who said he was with the commander of the commando Force said the Rescue was nol a failure. I think it was a partial Success but there Are 17 dead he told up. Rafi also said the four hijackers were alive one after undergoing surgery. Rafi told up one of the men claimed he was a member of the Arab liberation organization. Of the four one said he was a lebanese one a palestinian one a syrian and one from Bahrain contradicting his earlier reports that pakistani Security forces stormed the plane just after the shooting broke out Friday night air Force marshal Kurshid Anwar Mirea said it look he full com Mando learn 25 minutes 10 get into the aircraft. They wailed for a ladder after the first commando scrambled up an emergency slide which ran with blood from the wounded. Rah said the full Rescue took 25 min utes from Start to finish but the first few commandos reached the aircraft in six minutes. The aircraft Carrier Forresca con ducted routine operations in the Mediterranean West of Italy on saturday after pulling to sea a Day earlier in response to the hijacking a Pentagon source said. He said inc Forrestal was ordered Fri Day to Cut Short a port Call to Naples Italy As a precaution in Case its Jel fight ers were needed to intercept the Airliner. Survivors from Page 1 on the plane until it was All Over Malo Ney said in recounting the Bloodbath that ended the hijacking. I spent 15 hours sitting in the aisle Maloney added saying that he and other passengers were forced to keep their hands behind their Heads for 2vt hours. Eight year old Kamran Majid of new Jersey said my dad was laying Over me when the shooting his Fin goal is to hug my mom upon resuming to the United states. His father Abdul said there was nol a great Deal of panic but everyone was scared what would happen when the lights Well Oul he said the fear of outside intervention prompted the gunmen to open fire Fri agents investigating the hijacking were at the Airport to meet uie plane and talk to the 44 americans aboard if they have evidence to present state depart ment spokesman Michael austrian reportedly told a. We want to team As much As possible to prosecute if we can get our hands on these folks said austrian referring to the Fri involvement. He said Federal Bureau of investigation agents also wanted to talk to passengers to team How to prevent similar hijackings a Pam am spokesman said 122 of the passengers were continuing to Juk. Air port in new York. Another 18 were to take a connecting flight to London and two had connecting nights to Stockholm Sweden. The other 67 listed Frankfurt As their final destination but the spokes Man said some would probably take Cutler connecting nights. The passengers were greeted by More than 12 uniformed German police and a least a dozen Airport Security personnel in addition to airline personnel. The airline also provided refreshments for the flight 6073 passengers in the waiting area where Moorhem took Refuge from reporter and photographers. The Light from Karachi aboard the Boeing 747 Jet took about 10 hours. The Jet was dispatched from Frankfurt to pick up the passengers
