European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday March 26,1987 cams were As base taken Chad says Paris a Chad announced its troops killed More than 1,200 libyan soldiers and captured or destroyed 200 tanks in taking a libyan air base at Ouadi Doum in Northern Chad it said 438 libyans were taken prisoner including the zone commander col. Khalifa Abul afar his Deputy. Col. Qassim Ali Abu Nawar was killed according to the announcement made tuesday night by he Chad embassy in Paris. Libya has denied having any troops in Chad and has not acknowledged the loss of Ouadi Doum. French officials confirmed that chadian soldiers captured the base in a two hour Battle sunday. French defense minister Andre Giraud told report ers the results of the chadian offensive were More spectacular fast and significant than expected and said the fall of Ouadi Doum could have decisive con sequences in the Battle to oust libyans from Northern Chad. France is the primary Backer of Chad its former Colony with military and economic assistance Al though the United Stales also has begun delivering military Aid to the Nonh african country. Giraud said the French who recently delivered anti tank and anti aircraft missiles supplied logistical support but did not join in the lighting. The Chad embassy statement described As partial and preliminary was the first detailed accounting of what the chadian Are describing As perhaps the most significant Battle in 20 years of warfare. Captured in the attack were 124 tanks of different East bloc manufacture three soviet made assault Heli copters 11 czech made bombers four batteries of a 10 m is Silas and 12 Sa-6 missile Lauchert. The Chad statement claimed nearly As much mate Riel destroyed As captured in the fighting including two Tu-22 bombers four l-39 bombers one Mig-21 lighter and 104 tanks. The chadian also claimed to have captured or destroyed Many trucks troop transport carriers artillery weapons fuel and ammunition. Losses of the chadian attackers were limited to 29kilted and 58 wounded according to the statement. The troops of chadian president Hossene Habre have scored a series of successes since Jan. 2. When they drove the libyans from another stronghold in the North Fada. Ouadi Doum which has a 12,500-foot runway was described by Western analysts As Libya s chief Supply Point in the Region. The sunday Battle was precede last week by two other chadian victories nearby in which the chadian claimed to have killed nearly 800 libyans and captured More than 120. Libya s col. Moa mar Qadhafi claims he has no troops in Chad. France and the United Stales estimate there Are Between 11,000 and 14,000 libyan soldiers in the Northern half of Chad. Extradition of Marcinkus 2 others in  sources soy Rome a judicial officials plan to ask the Vatican to extradite archbishop Paul Marcinkus and two other Vatican Bank officials in Italy s worst Post world War ii banking scandal italian news agencies reported tuesday. The Agi and Ansa agencies said the Justice ministry this week received the formal extradition request from judges in Milan investigating the 1982 collapse of the Banco Ambrosiano. They quoted Justice ministry sources but did not identify them. Their reports said the Justice ministry will Forward the extradition request to the italian foreign ministry which will then pass it on to the Vatican through the italian embassy to the holy see. The transaction could be completed by the end of this week they said. The Vatican has the status of a foreign stale and although it does not have an extradition treaty with Italy Justice ministry officials said the request would be pursued under an article of the Lateran pact that established relations Between the Vatican and Italy. Justice ministry officials reached by the associated press confirmed Etc substance of the Agi and Ansa reports but declined further comment. A Milan judge investigating the Banco Ambrosiano failure and its dealings with the Institute of religious works the Vatican Bank has said warrants were is sued in the ease for the arrests of Marcinkus a Cicero iii., native who Heads the Vatican Bank and two ital Ian bom Vatican Bank officers Luigi Mennin and poll Grino de Strobel. All three Are currently living at the Vatican the warrants charge them As accessories to fraudulent bankruptcy in connection with the Banco Ambrosiano collapse according to judicial authorities on tuesday a Vatican spokesman monsignor Giu Lio Nicolini said he knew nothing about any extradition request and referred reporters to a Vatican statement issued feb. 27, that statement expressed profound astonishment at the arrest warrants and cited a clause of the Lateran pact of 1929 that forbids interference in Vatican affaire by Italy. The Vatican also said Marcinkus would cooperate with magistrates investigating the scandal. Milanese judges have said repeated attempts to question mar Clinvus and other Vatican officials i  in connection with the Case have been turned Down. Article 22 of the Lateran pact declares suspects wanted for act that Are considered crimes under the Laws of both states would be1 handed Over to the investigating Marcinkus  has repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the Case. He has been investigated in connection with $1.3 billion in Loans made by Banco Ambrosiano to 10 overseas Dummy companies that allegedly were con trolled by the Vatican Bank. The missing si.3 billion in Loans led to the bankruptcy of the Milan based Banco Ambrosiano a Pri vate Bank thai was headed by Roberto Calvi. Calvi s body was found hanging from a Bridge in London in june 1982 As the investigation was under Way. World today China to build 2nd Road linking Nepal Tibet Katmandu Nepal up China will begin construction of the first phase of he Sec Ond strategic Highway linking Nepal and Tibet some time after june the National news Agency said tuesday a chinese technical Cam and nepalese High Way officials agreed to begin construction Fol lowing the completion of a detailed Survey and the Road design the Agency said quoting govern ment officials the Highway Tram Poh Karn about pcs Miles West of the capital to he tibetan cily of bag lung will be 117 Miles Long instead of 37 Miles a originally estimated. Construction should begin some time after june the agreement for the Road s construction was signed two years ago. China constructed the first Highway connect ing Nepal and Tibet in the Early 1960s. India protested construction of the Highway because of its military importance. Soviets East germans Start 4 Days of Maneu vers Berlin up about 2s.ooo soviet and East German troops wednesday began four Days of Maneu vers observed by representatives of Western and Neutral countries officials said. The exercises which will include about 500 tanks Are being held in East Germany betwee Magdeburg and Brandenburg Southwest of Ber Lin. For the first time since the division of Ger Many officers of the West German army will Lake part As observers during the Maneu vers. A total of 23,300 soviet troops and 1,500 from East Germany Are involved in the exercises which Are being observed by other coun tries under an agreement designed to improve Trust among nations and the prospects for disarmament. The agreement was signed in Stock Holm Sweden by 35 countries. Thousands buying record to help ferry victims London a let it be the pop world s Charity recording to help victims of the Zeebrugge Belgium ferry disaster went on Sale tuesday and immediately was snatched up by thousands of record buyers. More than 120 artists and musicians took part in recording the old beatles hit including boy George Paul Mccartney Kate Bush Edwin Starr Suzy Quatro Mark Knopfler of Dir Straits and the american group the drifters. The distributor lbs records says it s sell ing an amazing 7,000 copies an hour which is More than thelast wham single More than the last Madonna single said Gary Bushela re Porter for the Sun newspaper which organized the Charity recording. All proceeds from sales of let it be will go to victims and families of those who died when the British ferry Herald of free Enterprise Sank off the belgian port on March 6. Soviets reported building underground afghan base new Delhi India up the soviet Union is building a massive under ground military base in the desert of South Ern Afghanistan near the Border with Iran a Western Diplomat said tuesday. The report of the construction coincides with reports that the soviet Union wants to withdraw its estimated 115,000 troops from Afghanistan while leaving behind a government that is pro soviet. The Diplomat quoted diplomatic sources in the afghan capital of Vabulas saying soviet troops were constructing a Large military base at dash i Margo about 500 Miles Southwest of Kabul in Helmand province near the Iran Border. The Diplomat said the base was almost totally underground in the mostly desert area but did not speculate on the m Hilary significance of the base or How it was related to reports that the soviets warn to get out of Afghanistan. In another development tuesday officials in Pakistan Home to millions of afghan refugees and afghan guerrilla bases reported a third Border town was bombed by afghan warplanes monday pushing the death toll to 73 in a Day of attacks in a Northern pakistani area. There was no explanation Why the at tack that killed 22 people Ai angkor Adda was not reported Monduy along with two other Border bombings. The Western diplomats in new Delhi said in regular weekly briefings that at least 10 afghan government aircraft had been shot Down by moslem rebels in six incidents across Afghanistan this month. The reports could not be independently confirmed because Western reporters rarely have been allowed to enter Afghanistan since the soviet Union invaded in december 1979. According to Western estimates the soviet Union maintains More than 115.000 troops in Afghanistan to help the communist government right mos Lem rebels backed by the United Stales China Iran and Pakistan. The diplomats in new Delhi who spoke in separate briefings on the Condi Tion they not be identified sail on March 3 rebels shot Down one Jet and two helicopters at Dusara. They said guerrillas also shot Down a plane on March 12 near Jala Labad 75 Miles East of Kabul. Three Days later rebels downed three helicopters in the the nearby area of Kogai they said. One Diplomat quoted very reliable diplomatic sources As saying the March 12rebel action prompted afghan troops id launch reprisal attacks on villages during which the guerrillas attacked the Helie Opin. The diplomats said thai on March 16. Rebels knocked Oul one helicopter in Western Herat province and two military Juls in Southern Ghazi province. Some resistance groups possess . Slinger anti aircraft missiles that have taken a heavy toll during the past several months on soviet and afghan aircraft