European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Questioning the methods if conservative Premier Jacques Chirac. The opposition socialist party whose members include president Francois Mitterrand warns against damaging France by in Prudant reaction. In a Stormy National Assembly session oct Alisa Leader Lionel Jospin noted Many peremptory declarations and spectacular deployments of police forces Wilh psychological results but no practical Security minister Robert Andraud countered i wiil nol engage in a ridiculous polemic while blood is running in Paris and in Lebanon Jospin decried what he said was negotiation wild Syria and Iran despite evidence of their links to terrorism. If country x1 in the Middle East is involved Why ask Lor its help he demanded. Ii country y1 is responsible Tor such acts Why iry to move closer to it elsewhere other problems tarnish the French image in All the condemnation of terrorism. No Olli Cial has revealed who sent French agents to b Imp the Greenpeace flagship. Rainbow Warrior at Auckland new zealand in july 1985, a dutch photographer was killed. Two French authors linked Miller Rand directly to the attack. There was no comment new zealand authorities sentenced two French officers to 10 years in prison but Chirac s government forced a Compromise to move them to French territory Lor release in three years by blocking new zealand s exports to France. Laler a senior official of i he French cooperation ministry was ordered arrested he remains in hiding for embezzling funds meant Lor african development. Widening embarrassment surrounds the Case still not made Clear. In the Field of culture. Mitterrand himself worries aloud that the French language is being overwhelmed by English in technology science and diplomacy. Aging reruns of Starsky and Hutch consistently score the highest ratings for serials on French television. Cheeseburgers and shakes have made inroads into French cuisine. The ministry of culture is concerned that French kids know More about rambo s exploits in Vietnam than the real Lile adventures of Rimbaud the 19th Century French poet who went to Ethiopia. Defenders of French grandeur Point Oul that pans is still Al Center stage in the world. When intruders sought to seize Power in Togo president gassing be Eya Dema appealed Tor help and French paratroopers rushed to his Welense. Elsewhere in Africa former colonies stand close by Armce Germany invaded France three times since 1870, but now French forces Are a major element in West Germany s defense. The French army recently took part in Maneu vers with the germans for the first time the parisian daily Lioe Talion noted that each morning while the germans struggled with canned breakfast rations the French produced fresh hot croissants. That merely proves the paper observed thai me Art of War will never surpass the Arl of living. Poh Etui raring we proot wit in front Oto to Tow m fac Fri. Security guard at an Entrance to a residential area for . Pm Batty employees in s War against extremist violence Bymal Heinrich associated Pressw Hen terrorism plunged France into a virtual state of siege last month neighbouring West Germany was caught up in its own protracted War against extremist violence. The series of bombings thai claimed 10 lives in France was blamed on Arab groups trying to Force concessions from Paris. But West Germany s left Wing terrorists Are Home grown Roo Ludm student radicalism of the Lale 1960s. Assassinations bombings Bank robberies and shootouts have left an indelible imprint on Wesl German society irom the bloody exploits of she Baader Remhof gang in 1970-72 to equally violent successors in the red army faction still Al Large the High Point of violence came in 1977 when the Ter Ronels killed Wesl Germany s chief Federal prosecutor the chairman of Iho giant Dresdner Bank the president of the National employers Assoc Talion and seven of their bodyguards and Drivers. The slayings stunned the country and caused a crisis of Public Confidence in police and Security forces. Legislation was passed by the Carman bundestag lower House of parliament to make in easier for police to conduct searches and arrest suspects. Special isolation jails were built to hold convicted terrorists or suspects awaiting trials. Today Bonn govern men leaders work in Bunker like office buildings sealed Oil by High steel fences and parroted by police with machine guns infrared cameras and video monitors. Industrialists and Bank presidents travel in armoured limousines Wilh bodyguards and alter their routes Between Home and office to evade possible attacks. In the 70s, the head of the Federal crime office lived in a Normal family House in a suburb. Now he lives in a House inside the office compound noted Arno Falke a spokesman of the Agency Wilh Headquarters in Wiesbaden. After committing 21 murders in the 1970s, the red army faction has been blamed Lor eight so far in the 1980s, Falk said. Apart from a few months in 1972. When the Baader Meinhoff gang bombed police buildings and other offices in several cities 1he West German Public has been largely spared the trauma of random attacks like those in Paris in september. Instead. The terrorists have targeted prominent people alleged to be supporting the political military Industrial Complex and . Bases. In a resurgence of West German violence seven people have been killed by terrorists since Early 1985, authorities said. The latest victim was a High ranking foreign ministry official assassinated in Bonn on oct. 10 when he got Oul of a taxi in front of his House. In a letter left at the scene the red army faction claimed responsibly. Sunday. October 28, 1986 relying on computers informants and Cross Border cooperation Wesl German police have refined search and surveillance methods to Irack terrorists. But they have been unable to eradicate the extremists who have managed to recruit new members to replace depleted ranks. Fourteen red army faction error Isle Are serving life prison sentences for offences such As murder kidnapping and Bank robbery. Police believe there Are no More than a few dozen people at any one time directly involved in the violence but the militants Are supported by scores a West German leftist sympathizers who help provide hideouts or other logistical support. In More than 15 years the country has become accustomed to periods of relative Calm punctuated by killings we must Stop repeating this ritual terrible bloody acl general outrage Calls Lor Floc have measures warnings against Cvar reaction. A pause Hen Back to business As usual complained Bavaria s governor Franz Josef Siauss but scholars on ferrous a say demands Lor harsh crackdowns now have Lille Impact on a Wesl German Public aware that red army faction Leir oriols strike Only a select Elile of industrialists and businessmen government optic gals and military personnel. Our sensitivity to terrorism has dulled in the past years. It s almost Normal now said Rolf Tophoven o terrorism expert who Wyola a Book about his country s lamed anti terrorist commando orce. The Gsg-9. The Force gained lame with the 1977 Rescue of a Lufthansa Airliner hijacked by terrorists to Mogadishu Somalia without injury to passengers. Tophoven believes that West German terrorists avoid attacks that would prompt authorities to Coll in the anti terrorist squad. The Gsg-9 indefinitely a psychological deterrent to terrorists because they know Well that a hijacking or kidnapping would risk an open fight with this Force and they would t have a Chance he said in a Telephone interview. The Federal crime Ollice credits anti error isl Laws passed in response to red army faction attacks 1970s for helping contain the threat nowadays membership in or support of a terrorist association is grounds for arrest. This permits suspects to be rounded up without police first having to produce hard evidence of involvement in an attack. Another measure that speared up probes allowed Polica to get search warrants for an entire apartment building instead of one apartment Al a time because we found that a Tot of terrorist hideouts were in buildings with �00 units or More Falk noted. Sebastian Schearer. A terrorism expect at Frankfurt University said Security measures taken to prot eco High risk officials contributed to a decline in spectacular red army faction attacks in the 1980s. However he said the upsurge of killings Over the last two years shows thai the threat has nol gone away As Security officials had hoped. The stars and stripes Pago 17
