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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes o Vietnam vet Fonde his daughter Page 5 d Leonard fight May be Hagler s last sports Page 21 d Iran vows to continue War with Iraq Page 28 the s ripes utho1iib unofficial full cation vol. 45. No. 286 saturday january 31, 1987 1mid for ii 08693 a Shultz links Iran to kidnappers from press dispatches Secretary of state George p. Shultz said thursday that Iran has very Strong lies to a group that Kidnap Ped three american teachers in Beirut last week. The group has threatened to kill the teachers if . Forces attack Lebanon Shultz in Washington spoke via satellite with re porters in Europe Israel and Japan and asserted for the first time that the administration has linked Iran tothe latest kidnappings. Shultz implied that the groups that have taken responsibility Tor kidnapping eight americans now held in Lebanon have links to one another. Asked whether a new group was responsible for the most recent kidnapping of americans Shultz said it is our Basic information that whatever names May emerge they Are 10 a substantial degree linked together. And we also observe some very Strong lies to  anglican Church envoy Terry Waite remained out of Contact for the Lola Day negotiating with the Cap tors of two americans held since 1985, but the Church said it had assurances that he was Safe. A lebanese militia Leader said Waite was seen moving around freely but would not say where. In hit news conference Shultz also called for a prompt decision by West Germany to extradite Mohammed Ali Ham adj a lebanese accused of terrorism whose arrest in Germany seems to have touched off. They Are to a substantial degree linked together. And we also observe some very Strong ties to  Shultz the recent wave of hostage taking. The German government hag not acted on the re quest for the extradition of Hamadi who is under indictment in the United states in the 1985 hijacking of a trans world airlines Jet in which an . Navy diver Robert Dean Lethem was killed. Shultz rejected the notion that the United state would in to win the release of the hostages by drop Ping its demand that Hamadi be extradited. One stale department official said that Reagan statement of nov. 13, in which he said Iran had not been involved in terrorist acts against americans inthe 18 months before the secret arms dealings were revealed was an aberration a big  on wednesday a previously unknown group calling itself islamic holy War for the liberation of Palestine Marcos return to Manila foiled by . After Tipoff Washington not the United states tipped off by the Manila government coiled a plan on wednesday by Ferdinand e. Marcos to return tothe Philippines from Hawaii to rally his supporters in the Wake of an apparent coup  Boeing 707, chartered by the Farmer philippine Leader this waiting in Honolulu where he has live since he fled last february after an uprising that placed Corazon  in office the state depart ment said on thurs Day that Marcos had been denied Permis Sion to leave. After it was Clear his plans had been foiled dissident soldiers gave up their occupation of a to  Manila Aquino said thursday that the Aquino two Day occupation of the station was Nan of an attempt to overthrow the government and that those involved would be held to the fullest  said she had ordered the Justice ministry to prepare rebellion charges against any civilians involved and told the defense ministry to proceed against the rebel military officers in accordance with the manual of  one result of the confrontation with the chief of Raff Gen. Fidel v. Ramos appeared to be a weak ening of his control Over dissident  incident also worsened tensions Between the military and the government which was seen by soldiers As harsher on military dissidents than on communist rebels one officer said sources Loyal to Marcos said the station had been seized in the expectation thai Marcos would Weium and go on the  Manila a pro Marcos source said he received a Call on thursday saying father is  will be on a separate  said thurs 1 Day that he had been 1 Lold he would be physically prevented from going aboard anyplace that is going to the Philippines add ing now i am being treated like a prison  but state depart i ment spokesman Charles e. Re Mani said Marcos had Marcos agreed originally when he was Given Asylum not to return without the permission of the philippine government and to notify the american authorities of any plans to leave for any  Legal basis for blocking Marcos s return is in the immigration and nationality act which Bare the departure of a certain category of aliens whose departure shall be deemed prejudicial to the inter ests oct he United  Redman said the episode began when we had request from the government of the Philippines to look into reports that a chartered 707 was in Honolulu to take Marcos Back to the  doll maker of work Page 14 took responsibility for kidnapping the three american Sand an Indian colleague from the Campus of Beirut University College. State department officials said they Are convince that this new group is linked to the party of god 8 loosely organized Mili Tant group of lebanese shiites who receive Mili tary training and Finan Cial ideological and Logis tical support from fran the party of god is believed to have been be Hind the kidnappings of other americans in Leb anon and a number of terrorist bombings since 1985 in Western  Hamadi is believed to have links to the party a iof cod. The islamic jihad for  liberation of Palestine made the death threat in a Handwritten arabic statement delivered to a Wester news Agency in West Beirut. Accompanying it was a photograph of hostage Robert Poi Hiu with two Auto Matic rifles pointed at his head. Polhill s3, of new York City is a certified Public accountant who lec tured at the College. Senate panel releases report on arms Sale Washington up a Senate report on their ans Contra scandal shows no hard evidence that president Reagan knew of efforts to skim profits from arms sales to Aid the nicaraguan rebels but said con Cern for american hostages in Lebanon kept the weapons flowing to Tehran the Senate intelligence committee released the re port thursday. It Drew no conclusions about the scan dal that has staggered Reagan s presidency but presented the most detailed overview to Dale of How the 18-month diplomatic initiative was conceived and executed under the strictest secrecy. The 65-Page committee report is based on sworn testimony by top administration officials and thou Sands of pages of documents collected during weeks of hearings. It followed the Money Trail of the weapons Deal from iranian coffers toward Bank accounts in the Cayman islands but could not determine where the Cash some $10 million to $30 million ended up. As to the hostages the report said testimony by several senior administration officials indicated that during 19b5, the administration was occupied on regular basis with matters relating to terrorism and the stale of .  in particular documents and testimony reflect deep personal concern on the part of the president for the welfare of . Hostages both in the Early stages of the initiative and throughout the program the report said. The Long awaited report said the House and Sena select committees that Are now investigating the controversy will have to resolve Many remaining questions to get to the Bottom of the scandal. The major issues it said Are the precise roles that officials at the White House the Cia other govern ment agencies and private individuals both citizen Sand foreigners played in the Sale of arms to Iran and using Money from the weapons deals to help the con tras  
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