European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday january 13, 1987 Israel denies initiating arms sales Tek Aviv Israel a Israel leaders pm sunday rejected allegations thai israe initiated the . Arms Miesto Iran Hunjo Cabinet members demanded an Vernal probe of Israel s role in the Altai the allegation vis contained in memorandum co resident Reagan published Friday by vie White  memo dated january 1986, out lined an israeli proposal to open contacts with iranian mod crack by Selling them . Arms. Publication of the document has been viewed in Tel Aviv As a a at tempt to make Israel a Scapegoat for Reagan s foreign policy fiasco. It Capic amid new reports that Israel had some Slid the United states Siphon profit. From the arms sales to the Nicaragua rebels fighting to topple the leftist sandinista government. What was published is far from the truth and contradicts reality prime minister Yitzhak Shamir said sunday on Israel army radio. Most of the things published in this report As i heard it in the Media Are not True and All that was blamed upon is Rael is baseless he said the Premier consulted sunday wit foreign minister Shimon Peres and defense minister Yitzhak Rabin about the latest revelations from Washington a government official said. The subject also was raised at the weekly Cabinet meeting. Trade and Industry minister Ariel Sharon demanded a full explanation of Israel s role in the Iran affair and communications minister Amnon Rubinstein called for an official inquiry i am absolutely sure the position taken by the three ministers. Is the truth from their Point of View Rubinstein told reporters referring to Shamir Peres and Rabin. I Don t think it s even conceivable thai they would agree on a version hid is false and i have total Trust in in denials. But it is conceivable that did t get inc right information Heded. His comment appeared to be  to Amiram Nir the prime minister s counter terrorism adviser what became the israeli Contact with the usted states in the arms Dealin january 186. Rubinstein vigested publication of the White House memo May have Keenan attempt by some . Officials to shirk responsibility arid shift the blame to somebody else israeli officials involved in the arms Deal have said that Robert Mcfarlane. A former . National Security adviser told Israel the United Stales would Dis avow any knowledge of the arms Salej it were disclosed. F at a certain stage it was said fitly that Israel was going to be i Scapegoat Rubinstein said. An unidentified govern a official told the Jerusalem Post . Allegations were incredible Ai strange at tempts to Sta blame Tab Israel the official said Hrlic and . Officials routinely excl be ideas and proposals but it ii in breach of Trust i american of Flop reveal confidential israeli prop Dos Tor reasons of Domestic enable nay the English Lan Guage Dai deported. Bui glacially the government a Ster mined. To refrain from a can Fern of recriminations with Wash Don t think we re being blamed or guilty of anything. It is Foremost an internal a wiccan affair said the director of Israel 9 foreign minister Yossi Wilin who spoke on Israel radio in who is going to the unit eds on monday is expected to meet in senator Daniel Inouye a Hawaii head of the Senate intelligence com Mittee investigating the Iran Centra scandal. The daily Davar said that Israel had rejected a request to allow . Invest gators to question the israelis involve Din the operation. In keeping with previously stated intentions. Israel Laid i would Only submit written statement i from the key officials to the United tales the newspaper said the daily also reported hat Mcfarlane and former foreign ministry director David Kimche met in Lon Donmore than a year ago at the apartment of israeli arms merchant Yaakov Nira Rod with iranian parliament speaker Hashemi a Sfanjani. A Sfanjani reportedly handed them list of 80 moderates in inn who could be approached by the United  on the list was Ahmed Kho Meini the son of the iranian Leader. Iron soles fattened arms Dea ers paper says Washington up Telephone conversations intercepted by the nation Al Security Agency Asa show arms dealers involved in sales of weapons to Iran squabble Over late payments but nevertheless kept millions of dollars in interest and profits he Washington pos reported sunday. An informed source told the newspaper thai congressional investigator have temperatures assembled a stack of that show millions missing or slipping throw Khz  the israeli and . Arm Neslo i h ii 11is 39 1 1741 h it ji43 m 34 4143 90 17 3139 4 11 30 31 5437 40 65 k 30 34 inn. The congressional  were surprised that the whith nov would share information about be off mos secret operations with jams Dejk and middlemen while ref Jung to inform intelligence commit Fin the hunk of representatives a flite Senate the of said. The conversed Lens monitored by  show thaf1 from the beginning in september if 5 there were financial problems a unhappiness galore one source staid Man Ucer Ghorbani far for a while the Iranon go Between who was Proba Bly inure player in arranging the begin f the arms transactions Wasama those whose conversations were in opted the report said. Lie monitoring of the conversations was requested in the fat of 1985 by  Oliver North an aide for the National Security Council who was suspicious of the middlemen the Puper said. North was fired nov. 25. One example of the intercepted information was thai Ghorbani far charged 13 million in interest on Sis million advanced to facilitate one shipment of arms a rate of 20 percent a month the report said. Another transaction tracked in the intercepts shows that arabian businessman. Adnan Khash Oggi deposited $5 million in an israeli Swiss account As a loan and lat he was eventually repaid and that in paid at ital $6 million for anti Lank is in the Deal but thai Israel Rel Only $2.s million of the amount Asre Nursement go pan far and israeli middlemen East $3.5 million profit on the Deal   a Naem Ber 1985 shipment of 120 Hawk misses the sources told the Post . Chwi Unolt a towing Colunto Kaiui   Ellb h � hoikhlu43 14 Hougui � 34 my spoils 47 Jet Sci h Jck Mih set 31 40 Lff rock43 u pm i 34 ii Louivie Rock tour est 61. , the onto j Blu Cusin bind taper says Portugal sold arms to set Ord european v eater Copan Niton. R it for fun. I is Loo Don. P � ,0 s � to it doth. C 01 co uon1rl. V -2m a witty it buoy. A pity can twin Lisbon Portugal a a Lisbon newspaper saturday said a company owned l y retired , air Force . Richard Secord ordered arms from Portugal hat were supplied to Contr rebels fighting the nicaraguan govern ment. The express newspaper an Independent weekly said arms ordered by so Cord s Energy resources International company were pan of More than $8 Mil lion Worth of weapons and ammunition supplied to the contras by portuguese arms manufacturers from 1984 to 1986. Secord on associate of la col. Olive North has declined to testify at . Congressional hearings into the Sale . Arms to Iran and the diversion of the proceeds to the nicaraguan rebels on the grounds that doing so might incriminate him. Portugal also has been used As a Tran sit Point for shipments of israeli and East bloc arms to the rebels in Nicara Gua the newspaper reported. The i Picasso quoting unnamed in formed sources in Lisbon said inc Sale of portuguese arms to be contras was Mode through a Wisbar based company coiled Dufex Portugal  specialize sin the import Ana Ripol of military goods. Ii said end user certificates Erex presented to the portuguese  the arms were Destine or Guatemala. But they were in fact Mandedove to the .-backed guerrillas Nicaragua the paper  express said a guatemalan t general Cesar caverns Rojas had isome of the end user certificate general reportedly has told the . Television network lbs that the signatures Are  reported Accord s company or dered 10,000 rides 10,000 hand Gre Nades and five ions of explosives from Defex in february 1985, presenting documents listing Guatemala As their Desti nation according to  newspaper said it Bod confirmed these orders were made. It said there were slight discrepancies in the Quanti ties of weapons reported by lbs and it sown information. Iran put up about $42 million but onlys 8 million found its Way to Israel which supplied the weapons. As of mid december 198j, s24 Mil lion was in a Swiss account and investigators have been unable to find out what happened to it the report said. A source told the newspaper that is analysts at the time found nothing particularly unusual in the intercepts because millions of dollars frequently is siphoned off in commissions and other payment when Large quantities of sophisticated arms Are sold. The intercepted conversations were re viewed by investigators working Wilh at Torney Genera Edwin Meese. They the became suspicions that something unusual was happening with the  revealed the presence of the intercepts in his nov. 25 news conf Renoi a which he disclosed that some of the Money was apparently made available tothe nicaraguan rebels the same Day North was fired. News update poisoning trial Madrid Spain up forty one people will Tana trial March 30 u connection with the world s largest mass poisoning judicial authorities have said. The 41 Are accused of Selling contaminated cooking Oil in 1981, which killed 584 people and Poi soned More than 21,000, a National court spokesman said More than 2,000 witnesses will be called to testify in the Case known Ashe rapeseed scandal which ii expected to last four months. The vast evidence gathered bythe prosecution is contained in a 100,000-Pagc dossier. The deaths occurred in a toxic syndrome among people who bought cheap cooking Oil thai contained rapeseed Oil treated for in jul serial use thousands of survivors Contin i to Sutler paralysis and crippling sues. T stale prosecutor has asked for jail Len Lecei of More than 10,000 years each for the eight allege Leaden of the mass swindle