European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 28 the = stars and stripes monday february 9,1987 Bush role in Iran Deal reported major july meeting with israeli official detailed Washington a forces militia. Any such attack would result in severe consequences Laid the arabic typewritten statement. The statement was accompanied by a photograph of american hostage Edward Austin Tracy 55, kidnapped oct. 21,1986. The group which also holds . Hostage Joseph James Cicippio 56, and Frenchman Jean Louis nor Mandin 34, said the planned operation code named Crow would include a naval Landing in Beirut air attacks on Eastern Lebanon and the kidnappings of officials of the pro iranian Hezbollah or parly of god. Some places where the hostages Are believed held and the place of Watte have been located through a detection device thai was planted in his Wane s body and monitored by intelligence equipment the group said. It was the first statement to mention Waite since the hostage negotiator disappeared Jan. 20 when he left his druse bodyguards to meet the captors of americans Thomas Sutherland and Terry Anderson. It said the attack would Start simultaneously with a naval Landing on the shores of Ramzel Al Baida in West Beirut and a commando Landing in the Basta District a densely populated Hezbollah Den while israeli warplanes carried out mock air raids on the City. It said the military attack would be mainly aimed at areas under the control of the Hezbollah in Beirut and in syrian controlled Bcka Valley in Eastern Lebanon. According to our information if Western hostages Are not freed highly important officials from Hezbollah would be kidnapped to Exchange them the group said adding thai the lebanese army has Given .intelligence lists of names and addresses of key Leaden. Ski from Page 1 some members of Congress have expressed concern that deployment of a Star wars system would Vio late the  treaty. Congress has banned the testing in space of a plane launched anti satellite missile which is not part of the ski project. Under a strict interpretation of the treaty. Article 5forbids the testing or deployment of  systems in space. But language elsewhere in the Accord makes impossible for the United states and the soviet Union to discuss amendments to the pact. As far As the  treaty is concerned everybody agrees that when we re ready to deploy we Wouldhave to Lake advantage of the provisions of the  treaty which Are in the treaty itself which Call Tor revisions or changes or Addil ional permissions not now in the treaty Weinberger said. We would do that he said. We would follow the treaty we would follow the provisions of the treaty that permit that. So no one s talking about violating the  article 14 Stales explicitly that each party May pro pose amendments to this  also in the treaty which is of unlimited duration is a provision that either Side can withdraw from it after a notice Owsij months if it decides that extraordinary events. Have jeopardized its supreme  Weinberger reiterated that More Progress than had been thought possible previously had been made Dur ing research on la vastly Complex ski system which would consist of several layer on the ground and in space for shielding the United slates Ana its allies fro nuclear missile attack. But Tor the first time he said thai research had yielded Progress in distinguishing Between real and Decoy nuclear warheads. The ability of space based sensors to make such distinction is crucial to the Success of a defensive sys tem. One method of trying to overcome the system would be to launch targe numbers of Dummy warheads so that real ones would have a better Chance to get through the line of defences. We re Able to do & great Deal for example of discrimination Between real and decoys which is an important part of in ski Weinberger said. He did nol elaborate. Station from Page 1 ing with four a Ray telescopes designed by experts from the soviet Union Holland West Germany and Britain. Two Docking ports on Mir Are now occupied one with the Sotu spaceship and the other with the unmanned Progress Supply Craft that docked in january. The remaining four Docking ports can each hold re search modules weighing Over 20 tons. One such module an Orbital Observatory is now at the Bai Konur cosm drome and is 10 be sent 10 the nation shortly the radio said in will carry various astrophysical  the cosmonauts mid space linkup involving an intricate series of Maneu vers was completed just Over two Days aftera night launch from Bai Konur in Centra Asia. The Docking 217 Miles above the Earth was three minutes behind schedule. Local radio stations broke into regular programming to announce the linkup but said there was no television coverage because it was on the wrong Side of the Globe. Mir was launched feb. 20, 1936 and played Host 10soviet cosmonauts Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solo vyv during a four month Mission that ended july 16 last year. Mir which is to serve As the Basic unit Tor the permanently manned space station is spacious by the standards of previous space stations it can accommodate up to six cosmonauts and in has a Kitchen and dining area and two Small private staterooms. It has been nicknamed the space hotel by soviet cosmonauts. Tial draft of the Senate intelligence committee s report on the Iran Contra affair but was deleted in later ver Sions at the request of the slate department which objected to the release of information on such High level discussions the Post said. Bush made no promises to Nir and ended the meet ing after thanking Nir for having pursued this Effort despite doubts and reservations throughout he pro Cess according to the memo. The account did not explain whose doubts and reservations Bush was referring to. Bush s Only known response to the briefing the newspaper said is to direct that a copy of Fuller s memo be passed to it. Col. Oliver l. North the National Security Council aide allegedly responsible for diverting profits from the arms sales to Iran to the nicaraguan rebels. 3 palestinians sentenced in wailing Wall attack Lod Israel a three palestinians pleaded guilty sunday and were sentenced to life in prison Tor a grenade attack on israeli soldiers and their families near the sacred. Wailing Wallin Jerusalem. One israeli was killed and 69 were wounded in the oct. 15 attack that look place during a swearing in ceremony for new soldiers near the Western Wall of the ancient jewish Temple Judaism s holiest  for the attack was claimed by the group calling itself islamic jihad or islamic holy War. Although the name is usually associated with pro iranian shiite moslem in Leb anon israeli authorities said the attackers be longed to Yasser Arafat i palestinian guerrilla group Al Fatah. Afghan guerrillas fight to regain control of pass Islamabad Pakistan a moslem guerrillas attacked soviet and afghan govern ment forces sunday in Eastern Afghanistan after losing control of a key Mountain pass in a major Battle. Guerrilla officials based in Pakistan said their forces across the Border in Afghanistan s Patiri province launched mortar and rocket attack against soviet and government farces holding the Sinkai pass. Berlin Man chains himself to tree near checkpoint Berlin a a West Berlin nun chained himself to a tree near the checkpoint Charli crossing at the Berlin Wall to protest East Ger Man visa policies the Man a former East German was protest ing the refusal of East Germany s communist authorities to allow him to enter the country to attend his Mother s funeral police said sat urday officials did not release the Man s name. Rome Center to be closed to traffic during Rush hour Rome a City officials have decided to close Rome s historic Center to traffic during the morning Rush hour in an Effort to Cut Down on the italian capital s pollution and congestion. The City s five party coalition government late saturday night announced a series of measures aimed at reducing smog Levels. Under the plan the Center of the City will be dosed to private vehicles from 7 . To 10 30a.m. On All Days except sundays and holidays. The measure will go into effect feb. 16 and will be put into effect gradually through March 9.in addition trucks weighing More than 3.5 tons will be banned from the City Center from 9a.m. To 8 . Violators face fines of about 183