European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars an d stripes tuesday september 9,1966page 28 j \ juries say killers May have had Beirut ties Istanbul Turkey a Premier Sturgul Oza says two terrorists who killed 22 worshippers and wounded three at Istanbul s main synagogue saturday May have been linked to Lebanon not Libya conflicting claims of responsibility were made on be Jiji Lunf palestinian shiite moslem and Arab Unity groups but police could say Only that the attackers were arabs. After lacking the synagogue s main door and firing on the congregation with sub machine guns and throwing Grid Nadys the gunmen kilted themselves with hand grenades Ozal told reporters sunday it seems this attack does t have anything to do with Libya but with Leb he refused to elaborate. Libya said sunday that it Harbor no hostility against jews and said it disapproved of attacks on such innocent meanwhile the task of identifying gunmen and Vic Tims continued. Jak Veissid an adviser to chief rabbi David Assoc told a news conference that police had identified All but three of the victims including two cantors who were conducting the service Veissid said a single funeral service for the victim was tentatively set for wednesday at the synagogue. Officials said All the victims were men and most were elderly. The youngest was 33. All were turkish except for one italian and one iranian. We Are feeling Shock sorrow and sadness after this situation Veissid said. But we arc a very very secure Community in Turkey. This act will not change anything in our ninety eight percent of Turkey s 48 million people arc moslem and there arc Only 22,000 jews in the country. The prayer service saturday had been the Syna Gogue s first since reopening after two months of Reno Don t think we have found words to describe such a strange and cruel thing said Aron Angel 65, � Community member who directed the renovation. Anonymous callers to news organisations in Cyprus Lebanon and Ankara claimed responsibility on behalf of the Palestine revenge organization the islamic resistance the International fighting front and the North Arab Unity organization. Meanwhile the massacre set off a political storm in. Israel As prime minister Shimon Peres refused to hold the weekly Cabinet meeting sunday at which the cab inet had been expected to discuss possible retaliation for the attack until Ariel Sharon the minister for Industry and Trade apologized for accusations thai the killings were 8 result of peace overtures by Peres and his supporters in the government. Late sunday night Sharon submitted a second letter of apology to Peres after the first was rejected As inadequate. The second letter was a More explicit apology and sated that there was no connection Between the government peace policies and the killings according to israeli radio. Hijack from Page 1 after the incident on the pan american world airways Jet in which at least 15 people were killed and scores were wounded. In Karachi president Mohammad Ziaul Haq said on sunday that the hijacking of the jumbo Jet on Friday was carried out by four highly volatile Young palestinians with no apparent connection to any government and that they would be prosecuted in Pakistan and not transferred to any other country. Reminding listeners that pakistani Law called for the death penalty in hijacking cases Zia said i Hope the courts will take full notice of this and i Hope they will receive the full punishment such crime american officials said on sunday that they were trying to determine the affiliation of the gunmen. A state department official said that the pakistani authorities had not passed on information from their interrogations. Some officials said that the fruitless dispatch of the american Counte Derro risen team to Pakistan illustrated a need to deploy such units closer to regions in which hijackings often occur. Similar concerns were raised last year after american commandos were unable to respond in time to an air plane Hijack ing in Malta and the takeover of the cruise ship Achille Lauro. At the time administration officials said they were considering stationing counter terrorism experts in West Ger Many or Italy. But officials said on Sun Day that they had not been Able to carry out the proposals in pan because the potential Host countries had expressed discomfort. Donald p. Gregg the National Security adviser to vice president George Bush said he believed that the incident in Pakistan could have been concluded with less bloodshed if american experts had been Able to provide help. Gregg noted reports from Karachi that the pakistani commandos took several minutes to reach the plane after the hijackers began firing on the passengers. The Delta Force team is trained to storm an Airliner in seconds he said. Pakistani officials have Given conflict ing accounts of How Long it took their commandos to reach the plane. Kurshid Anwar Mirza chairman of the Pakistan civil aviation authority said in took 10 to is minutes for the pakistani Comman Dos to secure the plane after the Shoolin began. But two pakistani brigadier Gener als later said the storming of the plane had taken Only two minutes. The Delta fore commandos special ize in Rescue missions. According to Pentagon official they have equipment for eavesdropping on hijackers boarding planes and stunning assailants. The team has not had a major Success in storming a plane but its advisers were instrumental in helping venezuelan troops to retake a hijacked jetliner in Curacao in 1984, officials said. In that Inci Dent the 79 passengers were rescued and two hijackers killed. Gregg said the hijacking in Pakistan a lust rated the importance of a recommendation for Forward deployment of Amer ican anti terrorist forces made earlier hit year by a task Force headed by Bush. Survivors e. When he autos Lau gunman fired at missed. They opened fire on women children most of those arriving in Frankfurt declined to talk to reporters who jammed a Frankfurt International Airport Gate awaiting them. Clarence Matoney a 52-year-old anthropologist who lives near Munich told the associated press the pakistani com Mandos did nothing to Slop the killing. No pakistani commandos Ever came the plane until it was All Over said. One thing i Amft Mirml is the hijackers Sadja flan t like Ameri cans to use pressure on americans to get to Melhart said a flight attendant hid his and other americans passports which probably did a lot toward saving our lives. I know who she is but i m not going to Tell he was continuing the flight to Juk n. I m getting out of Ejazia. Once Home the first thin hug my German architect Thomas Rae Berand his wife. Carman spoke to reporters. The atmosphere at the rear of the air plane was pretty relaxed. The playing cards. We did upon had referring to thejk0hTmcrican Rajesh Kumar wre thrown off the plane before the Long Wail on the Airport s Tarmac i spent 15 hours sitting in the aisle Maloney said. He said he and other Pas sengers were forced to keep their hands behind their Heads for 2 a hours. Eight year old Kamran Majid of new Jersey said my dad was laying Over me when the shooting his first goal is to hug my mom upon returning to the United states. His father Abdul said there was Nota great Deal of panic but everyone was scared what would happen when the lights went out i the fear of outside intervene. Icon _ Lija Kii. A Airport to m
