European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page so the stars and stripes tuesday november 11,1986 egyptian prime minister resigns Over Economy Cairo Egypt a president Hosni Mubarak accepted inc resignation of prime min ister Aly Lully and his Cabinet on sunday and named Atef Sidki. A leading economist to succeed him. He said Sedki s main task would be Losole inc country s growing economic woes. Sedki 56, was chairman of the Central audit ing authority and head of a government Consul Tant economic committee. In a letter to Sidki Mubarak indicated unhappiness with the performance and Lack of co Hesion of Lutfy s year old Cabinet it a no Clear if Mubarak asked Lutfy to resign or if Lutfy fell he no longer had the president Confidence. 5 killed 30 Hurt in Beirut violence Beirut Lebanon a five people were killed and 30 wounded As shiite moslem Mili Xiamen pounded a palestinian refugee Camp with Lank fire sunday and palestinian guerrillas fired at shiite districts with artillery police said. The escalating hostilities kept Beirut s Airport Highway closed for a ninth straight Day and raised the toll to 52 dead and 527 wounded fro the in Day old fighting around the Bour Al bar Anch refugee Camp. It houses 50,000 inhabit ants including 16,907 refugees registered with the untied nations. Hasenfus trial officials tour site of plane wreck Managua Nicaragua a fat trial Sofea Piurko american Eugene Jar Iii moved briefly Stoni Jiva to the iouthad0w ear Agua Jungle where the Raiel Supply pm that was carrying him was shot to my Hasenfus acid med by be president ofic people s is trying him on a charge of Teaf rsm Undt Hense and pm cled by helicopter to in Jungle site 30 my Nonh of the Costa Rutan Border said we attorney Enrique Soldo Bowfin the lawyer said the group Rel unto. Later in inc Day. Montreal elections in civic party Ruu Dore a 42-year mayor of Montreal lie by Jean dra Montreal up old labor lawyer was elect sunday ending 26 years Pau s civic party. With most poll result percent of the popular v percent for Claude i Neer who replaced mayor announced his the remainder of the i candidates. Dore s party the a mint almost shut Oul Flohl for Council seats incomplete results Shi the civic party took Independent. Dore paid tribute to the retiring Drapeau who ruled City Hail Wilh an Iron fist for 26 Dore had won 68 compared with 29 a 54-year-old Engi after the former Cmunt last summer. Went to Independent Cal citizens move civic party in the he 58 Council seats the Mcm won s4, of and one went to an straight years and Foi or. Drapeau m Montreal Dore sail serenity in his Well 9 of the last 32 years de an important Era in we wish him health and red retirement prisoners free 50 in Northern Scotland jail Peterhead Scotland up three prison ers overpowered a guard at a prison in Northern Scotland took Hia keys and released themselves and about so other inmates police said monday. Police immediately surrounded die Peterhead jail some 600 Miles North of London sunday night. A spokesman said none of the prisoners had managed to escape from the facility. Negolia lians began with the prisoners and a 25-year-old guard being held hostage was reported unharmed. Police said the prisoners were roaming sections of inc prison which houses repeal offenders and some were armed with Home made weapons. Congress leaders criticize White House Deal with Iran Washington a congressional leaders accused the Reagan administration sunday of keeping them in the dark about reported while House deals to Send arms to Iran and some suggested ill Power to conduct such operations should be curbed. News reports last week said former National Security adviser Robert Mcfarlane travelled to Tehran earlier this year and arranged to ship arms to Iran in Exchange for the release of . Hostages kidnapped in Beirut. An embargo on arms shipments to Iran which is at War with Iraq has been in effect since 1979. The offi Cial . Position on the War a neutrality. If the press reports Are True said senile democratic Leader Robert Byrd the arms Trade was a major Blunder that guarantees hostage taking will continue and could tip tie balance of Power in the Middle East Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole of Kansas told a conference in Atlanta sunday that it would be a terrible mistake to Cul an arms Deal with Iran. Weall want the hostages Home he Laid but i Don i think we want to Deal with aval Ollah Ruhollah Kho Meini in an Effort to do that. But other republicans defended the reported administration activities saying it is desirable to improve relations with Iran and attempt to moderate its extremism. The wider goal Here is to try to bring about a More moderate group of leadership in Iran we be made some strides in thai regard said sen. Orrin Hatch r Utah a member of the Senate intelligence committee appearing on lbs s face the former Secretary of state Henry Kissinger appearing with sen Richard Lugar r-lnd., chairman 91 the Senate foreign relations Commilles. Said improving relations with ran in general is desirable. But he added when it degenerated or when it developed into an arms Trade for hostages i have the gravest doubt to negotiate for hostages makes it More Likely that other hostages Are going to be taken. To Trade arms in a War in which a Victory of Iran is against our National. Interest ii unwise Kissinger said. While House chief of staff Donald t. Regan. In an interview on John Mclaughlin s one on one taped Friday and broadcast sunday said. Til assure you thai weve not breaking any Laws we re not doing anything illegal or immoral. And i think that when we Canter the Story the american Public win appreciate the efforts of this president to get american hostages released Lugar said he had discussed the administration s activities at length with National Security adviser John Poindexter. But in his television appearance be did not disclose details of those activities. Bui Byrd who is expected to be Senate majority Leader next year told interviewers on Nuci meet the Prest that he had repeatedly requested a briefing without Suc Cess. And other democrats including sen. Sam Nunn sen. Patrick Leahy and rep. Richard Gephardt said they still had not received any information. It would appear the White House is trying to do Aback door Way to gel away from any congressional oversight Leahy said on face the Shultz from Page 1 considering leaving his Post. Shultz s meeting on Syria on sunday came a Day before a meeting m London in which the British will seek to get an agreement from its european partners on a set of measures against Syria. . Officials meanwhile acknowledged on Sunda that any american involvement in arms shipments to Iran marked a fundamental policy reversal by the Reagan administration. Officials said Reagan s decision to pro vide spare parts and arms to Iran came about largely because of his deeply Felt desire to free the american hostages. In Jerusalem. Israel s foreign minister Shimon Peres voiced support for american efforts to free the hostages and appeared to confirm widespread reports that Israel had played a role in gaining their release. In the first comment on the reports by any senior israeli official Peres said in an interview at Hii Jerusa Lem Home Israel when it comes to saying the life of any individual whether israeli or american consider sit part of a democratic Way of life to respect human life and human Freedom. As i would expect the United Stales to help us in saving the life of an individual i would expect my own country to do likewise toward an american citizen and this is without giving up m All the determined Wayto confront terrorism to fight it on All occasions and on All rants political analysts in Jerusalem said they viewed per is s remarks As being consistent with reports thai Israel helped to gain the release Over time of the Rev. Benja min Weir the Rev. Lawrence m. Jenco and David p. Jacobsen by transferring at Washington urging Materiel to Iran in return Tor the Freedom of the hostages being held by pro iranian lebanese shiite. The slate department spokesman Charles e. Red Man who was at the shul session on sunday said Iran was not discussed. He said the sunday meeting was called because Shultz was leaving on monday for Aone Day trip to Guatemala to attend a meeting of the organization of american states and he wanted to discuss policy toward Syria in Advance of the monday meeting of the european commission. Aslo suggestions that Shultz might resign Over i opposition to the reported secret dealings with Iran an aide Sondra Mccarty. Said such reports were pure , some officials say the credibility of the administration s anti terrorism policy May be in Tattersal a result of . Dealings with Iran a nation thai has been labelled a sponsor of terrorism against the West other administration officials although agreeing that the anti terrorism policy May be in disarray say that for More than a year Iran has More or leu halted it terrorist activities against americans largely because of . administration official acknowledged that quantities of arms from the United slates had gone to Iran but said it was not enough to affect die Iran Iraq War. Nonetheless the official insisted that despite the ship ment of those arms the Reagan administration hid not violated its policy of refusing to negotiate with terrorists. Administration policy ii not to pay Ransom or make concessions for the release of hostages the offi Cial said. We never did Ahtl officials said the strategy approved by Reagan More than 18 months ago and carried out largely bythe National Security Council called for . Efforts to improve relations with Iran on several conditions. These conditions Are that Iran tree to hop exporting terrorism and revolution in the person Gulf that mimis tons Lead to an end to the Iran Iraq War and thai Tehran help the United states gain the release of american hot Tiges held by pro iranian factions in Lebanon. Ships from Page 1 instructions not to cause injuries and therefore explosives were out of the two other Valur owned whaling vessels remained float in the Harbor and Watson in an interview with United press International in Vancouver said the activists did not attempt to sink them because there were watchmen our organization has the full right to sink the whalers because Iceland is violating the moratorium on whaling Watson Laid. The icelandic government reacted with Auger an fisheries minister Halldor denounced the sinking Dpi reported this will make us icelanders stand even closer together he said. We will not allow acts of violence to influence a guard on a nearby boat noticed the two vetted taking on water at about s tm., but attempt by us authorities to save them proved futile. Police said the. Bottom valves on both vessels were opened. Watson told the radio station that Hia team was Al ready out of Iceland but he would not say How they left. The sea Shepherd group was founded by Kiuon in 1977 when he was expelled from the Greenpeace environmental group based in Vancouver. British Colum Bia. No reason was Given for the expulsion. In 1980, the Crew of the 200-foot sea Shepherd claimed responsibility for linking two whaling ship in Vigo Spain with magnetic mine. No one was injured
