European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday. Do Cambar 1. 1sb6 of to modify 64 More b-52s for cruise missile capability san Antonio Texas up Kelly fab will serve As a site to modify64 More b-57. Bombers to carry cruise missiles in further violation of the Una tidied Salt ii arms agreement. On Friday the nation s 131st b-52. Adapted to carry nuclear tipped cruise missiles took off at noon from Kelly just outside san Antonio. It arrived three hours lateral Carswel fab West of fort Worth when it departs Kelly. In is in fact deployed said maj. Randy merger a Pentagon spokesman. The plane was modified to enable it to carry 12 Rufae missiles but the bomber that departed Friday did not carry any missiles officials said. The bomber is part of a sj92.8 million air launched cruise missile Modifica Tion program at Kelly. Sixty four More bombers will be modified bringing the number of the air Force s 263 b-52s equipped to carry the cruise missiles to 195 by the time the program is completed in Early 1990, Pentagon officials next modified b-52 is to leave Kelly in january or Reagan decided tuesday not to continue abiding by terms of the1979 strategic arms limitation treaty which was tiled by president Carter but never ratified by Conant. Despite the Lack of ratification the United slates has complied with the treaty s b-52 launched Friday puts the United slates one Over the Salt to limit of 1,320 missile warheads and Cuttit carrying bombers. Nicaraguan rebel leaders trained at . Ranger bases paper says fort Benning Ca. Up a least 70 nicaraguan rebel leaders were trained at fort Benning during novem Ber and have been moved to an army base in Texas military sources said the Birmingham Ala Post Herald quoted unnamed sources As saying Mem Bers of the nicaraguan democratic Force entered the United states in Earl november and trained at fort Benning. The newspaper quoted other Sou Cesas saying that additional exercises were conducted at fort Stewart ga., and at Euclin fab Fla. All three bases Are . Army Ranger training Sites. The Washington Post quoted officials Friday As saying the Contra trainees Are still at Eglin Bat an officer told the poll Herald Uliey re taking a real Chance saying that col. Tony Cangiano a spokesman for fort Benning refused comment on an reports of such activity particularly in regard to those 70 people. The contras went to the United states to Leam leadership techniques for train ing of Contra recruits when they return to Camps in Honduras in december. Officials told the Alabama paper that the rebels moved on from fort Benning to an army Post in Texas for work with anti aircraft missiles. The paper said the most Likely locations in Texas for the rebel trainees Are fort Hood in Central Texas and for Bliss in West Texas. Several officers told the paper that the department of defense has been pres Suring them to keep quiet about the training. There Are some pretty heavy threat being made. I Don t know Why they re hiding it in officer said. Caggiano said spokesmen at virtually every military base in the country had received special instructions earner in the week not to comment. Fort Benning is the site of the school of the americas which trains officers and non commissioned officers from 19latin american counties. Troops from nearly 100 other countries have also trained at fort Benning which also is Home to the army s infantry warfare school. Terrorist ship attack plot reported London a the Abu Nidal Middle East terrorist organization planned to snatch millionaire Richard Branson s record breaking Powerboat. Virgin Atlantic challenger and use it to attack a . Aircraft Carrier in the Mediterranean the sunday Mirror has reported. The tabloid said the 4,000-horsepower boat would have been filled with 10 tons of nigh explosives to ram the Carrier on a suicide Mission in revenge for the . Bombing of Libya in april. The Powerboat crossed the Atlantic from new York to England in a record three Days in june and is now refitting i Southern France. The plot was discovered there by French agents working wit american and israeli agents said the weekly which attributed its Story to unspecified documents leaked to it. The Powerboat was bought at the Genoa Italy boat show in Italy last month for about 1 million pounds $1.4 million by Al Rashid Muhammed de scribed As a millionaire saudi arabian Prince who has a hotel de Paris suite in Monte Carlo. Al Rashid was quoted As saying he was shocked by the report and pledged that the Powerboat will never Ever end up in the hands of these bandits and terrorists Branson was quoted As saying he was staggered by the report. Abu Nidal is dedicated to attacks on israelis westerners and palestinians Loyal to Yasser Arafat head of the pales Tine liberation organi Zifton. It is blamed for attacks on Rome and Vienna Austria airports in 198s. Envoy make Beirut Aanon american loaf pm sunday and appeal., _ release of 17 foreign hostages in Lebanon. Mohammad National Coundi for islamic a fairs told reporters the uproar Over . Arms sales to Iran complicated his humanitarian my. it hardened naturally the to Section of the captors and has made it More difficult because w a judgment the arms had nothing to do what awl with. In release of the hostages Mebdie Jid a Beirut Airport on arrival from to Dan. 5 in family killed Steamboat Spring a a is " slammed into Aridge and exp Lodi Takeoff saturday ing Home from a resling vacation auth the dead were identified As Pilot Randy m. Bacchus 37, White Bear Lake Minn. His a Mary 35 their daughter their sons Bradley 12, a Corey 7. Train bus crash Mannheim Germany up a Long distance Pasa Oaster express train crashed into a Muni pal bus during the if by Kiltow two people and in Price a others police said sunday. Police said the Mannheim City bus possibly because during foggy weather t Janoff a Road and onto the tracks of the German Federal railway. A passing intercity train struck the errant bus and dragged it Aung for Soo Yards they Saidt police said the locomotive de railed and the bus was totally de. Buoyed. They said the bin drive Rand a 16-year-old passenger Wen lolled. The injured included two other bus passengers and the locomotive Engineer and his assistant hey said. Police estimated ,$250,000. Dole from Page 1 apartment will handle the investigation for the executive Branch. Disclosure that a White House aide it. Col. Olive North arranged for up to $30 million in proceeds from the secret Safe of arms to Iran to be channelled to Hel Contra rebels fighting Nicaragua s leftist Sand Mista government led to his removal and the resignation or his Boss National Security adviser vice adm. John Poindexter. But in a time Magazine interview released sunday Reagan refused to disavow the Iran arms Deal and called North a National hero. " think we took the Only action we could have in Iran the president told the Magazine. "1 am not going to disavow it. I do not think it was a both the Senate and House intelligence committees have already started their own probes of the Iran an Nicaragua transactions and lawmakers Are calling for services and foreign affairs commit tees to follow suit creating the Prospect of More than a dozen congressional investigations on Capitol Hill. Byrd also urged the president to remove attorney general Edwiu Olcese id from the investigation and appoint a special counsel to investigate the Iran and nicaraguan connections separately from congressional inquiry Meese is personally dose to the president. In member of the National Security Council and has said that everyone should hand shoulder to shoulder with the president Byrd said top Justice department officials arc troubled by department delays in securing while House files on the arms Deal and in bringing the Fri into the Case according to unidentified sources quoted in sunday s editions of the Washington other developments the new York times exploring the saudi Ara Bian role in the affair reported in sunday s editions that saudi arabians discussed supplying arms to the contras with North retired air Force maj Gen. Rich Ard v. Secord and Albert Hakim a former iranian businessman. The times said that contacts expanded and that by 1985, the United states and saudi Arabi began discussions with inn with help from. Israeli arms dealers saudi arabian Adrian Khash Oggi and confidant of saudi King fahd. The newspaper Wuch based its report on documents and met View with to Owen Laid the ensuing arms Purchase involved variety of financial trans actions entered around and dated Camp to the times quoting friends and associates of Vic president George Bush Aba reported that the vice president intends to make a Public deals soon perhaps next week he a to Public comment on us situation spokesman Martin fit water has said ,. Nothing of the matter until be we told of it Hull the times from Miami said Telephone no from nicaraguan rebel sate Bouses in h Salvador a series of Calls on the same Days in sep Weber to former White House office of North at Seq r company run by a retired general involved in with Iran and the nicaraguan also show Calls to a Telephone in i that appears to belong to an american operative. The Detroit free Porcu reported sunday knew about an eventually foiled plan for a Sale of a arms to Iran in january. The i dealer and Othen on trial for 1votvement in the Deal reported that Bush f prepared to approve the plan a bulb i denied that the vice president knew Abc the new York duty Newt Saidi secret Sale of american arms to inn with a Deputy director of the Cia i one Deal on hit own demanded tag the Deputy Dictor John i Femah. 37, j
