European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday december 9.1986 Swiss Bank freezes secret . Account Bern Switzerland a a1account used for the Deposit of profit from secret . Arms deals with Iran has been Frozen by the Bank a swim foreign ministry spokesman said sunday be enlisted Story on Page 9. Gem ens Birrer said the Bank which he declined to name took the step after Bern authorities informed it about unofficial . Request on Friday far Swiss help in the affair Birrer said it was lint was used to Channel funds trove mount rebels. According Edwinm Cese up to $30 million. The Iran arms sates was Chann through a Swiss account to the rebels at a time when Congress had Fortu Damu . Government i to the maw Mese said the rebels e account. Washington sources also have said that a Swiss account managed by the Central intelligence Agency was used Tschannel funds to rebels in Afghanistan and Angola a report the Cia his denied. The Swiss Justice ministry is Hud West a not dab Swiss officials have unlikely to launch an invest Gal ing that the transactions apparently routine and did not violate any banking taws. The Swiss Man circulation citing unidentified Arm dealers reported sunday that american enl was shipped to inn and other intermediaries. A 1983 delivery included at least three cobra helicopter gunships quoted one source Ftp saying. Other ship ments included .-mde howitzers and spare pans for tanks according to the report. Angry palestinians clash with israeli soldiers Mallah. Israeli occupied West Bank palestinians angered by three killings the army clashed with israeli soldiers in the West Sank and Gaza strip sunday but the " Rae i Carnet endorsed the military s act Tomi the effectively justified the Kings of two palest own students thurs Daawod a 14 year old Fridlund put proles tej a notice thai Security Force squid not Haf tale to open fire again if necessary a sunday s ranged from Stone throwing in East Jeg Flem to clashes in a string of towns and Pak Irwi refugee Camps in the israeli occupied West no and Gaza strip where the Wabi violence was mar incidents were not As grave As sat urday Syri Olince when seven israelis were in Jurod try stones and 74 people were arrested. Bonn spokesman s wife escapes explosion Bonn a the wife of chief government Nan Friedhelm Ost narrowly escaped a jus blast sunday when it world War with a fuse failed to go off outside thl Tost residence police said a stale Mev by Bonn police sumac device was found Abbl . In the font Garden of St s House in Biu Honnef Arnn suburb. The maa Dracula Toffi Jali paper Bild reported that Ost s wife had cd up the grenade not knowing waa. The device a a a world incr ii grenade casing filled with so ices and nails Auw quipped with a fuse Thal snied to go off police my. The device also a mined an undetermined powr that police investigating. Vat old said the couple s four children aged be tween 4 and 12, were in the House at the time. 4-Day old siamese twins die of defective heart Bristol England a siamese twin girls Katie and Amy Garrelt cuddled each other and died cradled in the arms of their father after four Days of life he said monday. The babies were joined at the stomach. Be cause they had the same defective heart surgery to separate them was impossible and Thev die saturday night said doctors at Southmead hos Pital Bristol it was a great Comfort to me to be holding them when they died said the father 28-year-old Engineer Andrew Garrelt in in interview with the twins were bom three weeks prematurely by caesarean Section Lasi wednesday. Hondurans from Paga 1 honduran position manned by 16 to 20 honduran the attack came in an area not far from position occupied by .-Bocked Contra rebels Lagana said but we have no doubt that the sandinista knew they were attacking honduran the statement said the honduran government for Mally protested the nicaraguan attack Friday but the protest was rejected by the the following Day the honduran armed forces verified the presence in Honduras of a sandinista Force estimated to number Over 1,000 troops and con firmed continuing sandinista attacks against honduran military outposts Well within Honduras the statement said. Late saturday afternoon the honduran armed forces launched air strikes against sandinista targets within Honduras the statement said and the govern ment of Honduras requested . Airlift assistance. . Helicopters based at Palmerola were being used to ferry honduran forces artillery and other equip ment no fixed winged aircraft Are taking part la Gana said. Incursions by sandinista forces chasing the Contra into Honduras Are frequent according to . Govern ment reports but the honduran armed forces ordinarily stay out of the fighting. Their hands were forced this time said a Penta gon source speaking on condition of anonymity. One administration source speculated that the nicaraguans crossed the Border to turn up the heat on the hondurans to let them know that there is a Price to be paid for close association with the United states. . Officials said they would not provide further details on How Many . Forces or helicopters were involved in the Airlift until that information would no longer be of military value to the the latest Border crossing was the fifth by the Sand nistas reported in seven months. Last March the . Helicopters ferried honduran troops toward the Border to thwart an incursion by1,500 Nicaragua troops. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said at he time that no . Troops stationed in Honduras were involved in the fighting. The United states provided Honduras with $20 Mil lion in emergency Aid to help fight the March crossing. At the time the United states sent 18 helicopters to ferry honduran troops to the embattled area. Those helicopters also were based at Palmerola 100 mile from the nicaraguan Border in West Central Honduras. Pentagon spokesman col. Arnold Williams said he was unable to say immediately How Many . Troops Are in Honduras. Last March 2,900 were there and the number Rose to 4,600 last May. It goes up and Down Williams said. Several Hundred american troops Are stationed at Palmerola As part of operation Bravo a joint com Mand exercise and several Hundred More Are in the Countryside taking part in operation blazing trails an engineering exercise designed to build roads. The . Armed forces regularly stage exercises in Honduras and some of them involve Reserve units from the National guard. The . Action was criticized sunday night by rep. Michael Barnes d-md., who is chairman of the House foreign affairs committee s Western hemisphere affairs subcommittee. I Hope that the Reagan administration will recognize that it s enormously dangerous to involve Ameri can forces in the fighting in Central America Barnes said. It can Only Lead to disaster for the United i Hope that hey Don t make the mistake of getting the United states further involved in the regional War that s going on in Central America As a Way of trying to divert attention from the Iran scandal Barnes added. In Tegucigalpa honduran military spokesman capt. Carlos Luerada Aguilar reported the nicaraguan Force penetrated three Miles inside Honduras on sat urday and burned three abandoned villages. A . Embassy spokesman in Tegucigalpa who demanded anonymity refused for Security reasons to say How Many american helicopters or pilots were involved but said there Are not Many and the opera Tion is now under there is no possibility of . Soldiers participating in combat the spokesman said. President Jose Azcona Hoyo said in a National radio Bro Casl from the presidential Palace that he had asked for . Aircraft to ferry honduran reinforcements to the Battle. Our government agreed immediately to Azcona Hoyo s request the embassy spokesman said. Honduran military intelligence source who also demanded anonymity said at least 10 . Helicopters Wen carrying about 600 honduran troops to the Are to accelerate the removal of the nicaraguan Force from our the sources said each helicopter had a Crew of three to five american military personnel and one added they have strict orders not to participate in the conflict at a news conference in Managua d Escoto Laid if the honduran army is having a confrontation with Tome nicaraguans inside Honduras it would hive Iol be with the Contra because they Are the Only Oner Nicaragua in who Are in honduran territory.". He also claimed there were . Air raid on Niwa Guan territory sunday afternoon. Asked by a reporter for proof the attack was carried out by . Planes d Escoto replied i said the everything indicates that the United state for Miny Yean has been carrying out a War against Nicaragua it u not Honduras. U is a War that although it it Tot officially declared is a War that the United state i carrying out. Paris from Page 1 pity system which critics say would give the Edge to student from affluent Ami lie. The government has temporarily dropped the most controversial Points of the Bill but students Are Complete withdrawal have provoked the Mog noun opposition to the Gnu Lamia Chine govern Raenel and the biggest student unrest since May 1968. Student Leaden sunday distanced the .4iudent movement from the violence in Iam Hrisi protests have been peaceful and team sufi pillaging of Flam Fin i i have Nothel Tahah Nib the Pacific to verb a or adm july a violence has usually broken after peaceful Dernot Small group of Rock throwing individuals wearing motorcycle helmet have been at the front of much of the violence. Referring to these Chirac Laid the government will accept neither disorder nor the attempts at of for for juries notably among the Fate of in Kkt police he Laid. Young or not Oyoung Heimel armed Mortile provocation att Addoff Tripta of our democracy Chirac
