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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. February 3, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 Italy releases terrorist suspect Genoa Iliili a italian authorities have released a jordanian student who was being held on terrorism charges and whose Cousin arc under arresting Germany and Britain in separate terrorist cases. Awni Hindawi 26, arrested last june on charges of belonging to an armed band a Catchall charge Tor terrorist suspects was released sunday for Lack of evidence prosecutor Francesco Meloni Laid Mon Day. Meloni however said Hindawi would be confine to the Genoa area Tor an indefinite period while authorities continued their investigations. He  elaborate. Hindawi is a Cousin of Nezar Hindawi who was convicted in october for the attempted bombing fan b Al jetliner in route from Britain to Israel. Testimony in his trial which linked syrian officials to the Ler Roris ail Mph spurred Britain to break of diplomatic relations with Syria. New Hindawi brother Ahmed Nawaf Mansur Hail is a suspect in the bombing of a Berlin discotheque that killed three people including two Ameri can servicemen. He has been convicted of attempted murder in a separate bombing of a Berlin German Arab Friendship society. That bombing injured nine people italian anti terrorism officials have cited evidence showing the three relatives have kept in touch and May have discussed terrorist plots. Nine months ago Awni Hindawi received a Tetter from Nezar Hindawi asking that he go to Damascus Syria and get in Contact with syrian secret service officials Awni Hindawi s lawyer Fabio mag Gorelli said monday. The letter represented our biggest difficulty in obtaining Awni s release mag Gorelli said adding that prosecutors had opposed his release. Newspaper report have said Nezar Hindawi s let Ter asked Awni Hindawi to Contact syrian Intelli gence about an assassination plot against British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. But neither mag Onciu nor italian officials would discuss the con tents Oft be letter. Asked if the letter was t damaging to Hii client s Case mag Gorelli replied that letter was More com promising for the person who wrote  Awni Hindawi the son of a former colonel inking Hussein s army has told interrogators he and his two cousins belong to the jordanian revolution Ary movement but they arc not terrorists according to italian Media reports. I have he impression that my cousins and our organization Are at the service of Syria Awni Hin Dawi was quoted monday in Rome s ii Messaggiero newspaper As telling italian official. He did not specify the nature of their business. Mag Gorelli denied his client said anything like this about the  italian authorities ordered Awni Hindawi s arrest june 19 after intercepting the letter from Czar Hin Dawi. Investigators in Italy had been alerted about a possible communication Between the three cousins by officials in Germany and Britain according Topalian Media reports. To Messaggiero said italian police found maps of various italian airports but that also was denied by mag Gorelli. If they had found plans they would never Wavelet him out he said. Mag Gorelli confirmed that Awni Hindawi had travelled to Libya with his cousins in the summer of1981. They went to Aik for Money but they did t receive any he said. According to mag Gorelli Awni Hindawi also Wentlo Damascus in february 1986 with Hasi where they met with syrian officials on unspecified Busi Ness. Later he said Awni Hindawi travelled to a training Camp in the syrian controlled Bekaan Valley. Awni Hindawi told investigators that at the end of their training he and other members of the Jordani an revolutionary movement were Given an unspecified amount of Money ii Messaggiero  Little known jordanian group based in dam ascus he taken position in the past against King Hussein because of his disputes with syrian presi Dent Hafez Assad. The group is not believed to have any involvement in recent terrorist violence however. Awni Hindawi s release follows a statement by Premier Bettino Craig to parliament last week that appeared to refer to the Case. With the arrests of Middle East elements in Italy there have emerged connections with terrorists responsible for terrorist actions at Heathrow Airport in London and in Germany he said. Salvadoran Church Leader hails cease fire san Salvador Al Salvador up archbishop Ranuro Rivera y Dama praised the  army and leftist rebels for allowing a 24-hour cease fir sunday for a National childhood vaccination Campaign. The Church Leader also said col Omar Napoleon a Vales kidnapped by the rebels oct. 27, 1985, was to be freed later this week in return for the government s release thursday of39 wounded guerrilla. It appears the vaccination teams will be abbe to move about the country wit no problems even in combat areas Rivera y Damas said praising the unofficial 24-hour truce. The sixth National vaccination Campaign is being carried out under the auspices of Unicof and Aims at inoculating 200,000 children against measles polio tetanus and whooping cough a some 1,800centers. The insurgents declared a cease fire and the government White refusing to Call it a truce said it would Hajt its offensive military  but Rivera y Damas criticized both the  military and the insurgent claiming continued human right abuses in the 7-year-old civil War that has claimed the lives of some 60,000people. I make this Call because then have been recent events that show a backing away from attempts to humanize the conflict. I refer especially to killings car ried out by the insurgents late last year. Also to the killing of seven Coffee har vesters on the slopes of san Vicente  the archbishop was referring to seven people reportedly killed Jan. 19 by the insurgents on suspicion of being army spies. He also deplored the salvadoran air Force s bombing of civilians near the town of san Diego in Northern san Miguel province 65 Miles Northeast of the capital. If this escalation is not stopped All efforts made by the Church to ease lie people s suffering will have been in vain and it will make the Road to Pence evermore  the roman Catholic Church sponsored two rounds of peace talks Between the rebels and president Jose Napoleon Duarte s government in late 1984. At tempts to arrange a third round have consistently failed. Conflicting brain signals cause motion illness new York of Topi Many people feel a Little queasy when they step on a boat but eventually adjust to its rocking motion and feel Fine until they step Back on land and find themselves feeling wobbly again. The queasiness is motion sickness and it is explained by doctors As problems with the Anatomy of  people unwittingly rely on a Complex interaction of their senses to inform the brain where the body is i what direction it is pointing and in what direction it is moving. When the senses Send conflicting messages to the brain the delicate sense of balance is thrown off Kilter with resulting episodes of nausea unsteadiness or lightheadedness doctors say. Some people get motion sickness More easily than others said or. Cecil we. Hart spokesman for the american Academy of otolaryngology. Everyone gels a Little disorientated if they spin around he said. Some people have problems even i they Jerk their head or move too  doctors say the sense of balance is entered in the brain which processes sensory information from other ports of the body and coordinates body movements. Most of this sensory input comes from the inner ear where pools of liquid Monitor the direction in which the body it turning and whether it is moving sideways or up and Down. Vision is almost As important. By monitoring where the body a in relation to in environment the sense of vision can inform the brain whether the body is right Side up or upside Down whether it is leaning precariously or Hal on its Back. Balance also is determined by skin pressures Indi Cating whether the body is standing lining or reclining. Muscles and nerves inform the brain whal parts of the body arc moving and How fast. The result of this Complex information network is the sense of balance doctors said. The problem occurs when there is a discrepancy Between the senses said or. David a. Drachman chairman of the department of neurology at the University of Massachusetts medical school in Worcester. For instance people on an air plane in turbulence will feel the motion but their eyes will not detect it because the Cabin appears to remain steady. The con the sikh t Pulidy wonk Volga mow by and to cent Simton Irvin Dummy m can a womb Mdden flirting signals May result in feelings of disorientation and nausea doctors say. The same thing happens to Many people who read in a car. Their body detects motion out the eyes resting on a Page do , the body adjusts to perpetual motion such As that of a ship Hart said. This balance is disrupted again when the motion stops making people unsteady when they Are on solid ground once again. It usually takes about three Days to adjust to get your sea tags " Hart said of travelling by ship. Peo ple Don t realize Admiral Nelson got seasick every time he got on a boat but after three Days he is Fine. When be got off he was sick for another three  feelings of Molion sickness Are Normal doctors said. People can alleviate the sickness by adjusting their vision so they see the same motions their bodies Are feeling. Rest your eyes on the horizon Han advises sea travellers. He said air travellers should look out the plane window at its wings or the horizon. The most important thing is vision he said. Vision is a Strong stimulation to your brain that can override the feelings that Are disturbing your sense of  some people also contend sipping carbonated Bever Ages and nibbling crackers will ease an upset stomach caused by notion sickness but Han said there is Little medical evidence that this is a cure. If you can alleviate the flow of saliva you can diminish nausea he said. I suppose that s Why Tom people do  the american Academy of otolaryngology an association of doctors who treat problems of the ear Noseband Throat also recommends that people prone to no Tion sickness not read in a moving car air plane or boat. Nor should they Sil facing backward to the direction in which they Are moving according to the facade my  
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